Robert Knox Sr.
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Robert Knox Sr. was the father of the 19th-century Scottish anatomist Robert Knox, known primarily in relation to his more famous son.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Knox Sr. canonical | 2 |
| Robert Knox | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8948433 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Knox Sr. Context triple: [Robert Knox, father, Robert Knox Sr.]
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A.
Robert Knox
Robert Knox was a 17th-century English sailor and writer best known for his detailed account of being held captive for nearly 20 years in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
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B.
John K. Knox
John K. Knox is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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C.
Rob Knox
Rob Knox is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as Justin Timberlake.
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D.
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer best known for his Academy Award–nominated portrayal of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson."
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E.
John G. Knox
John G. Knox was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Knox Sr. Target entity description: Robert Knox Sr. was the father of the 19th-century Scottish anatomist Robert Knox, known primarily in relation to his more famous son.
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A.
Robert Knox
Robert Knox was a 17th-century English sailor and writer best known for his detailed account of being held captive for nearly 20 years in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).
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B.
John K. Knox
John K. Knox is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
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C.
Rob Knox
Rob Knox is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work with major pop and R&B artists such as Justin Timberlake.
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D.
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer best known for his Academy Award–nominated portrayal of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson."
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E.
John G. Knox
John G. Knox was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
father
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human ⓘ |
| child | Robert Knox ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish people ⓘ |
| father | Robert Knox Sr. ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of the Scottish anatomist Robert Knox ⓘ |
| relative | Robert Knox ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Robert Knox Sr. Description of subject: Robert Knox Sr. was the father of the 19th-century Scottish anatomist Robert Knox, known primarily in relation to his more famous son.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.