John
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John II of Castile was a 15th-century king of Castile whose weak rule was dominated by powerful nobles and favorites, notably Álvaro de Luna.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11260325 — 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: John Context triple: [John II of Castile, givenName, John]
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John
John H. Sununu is an American politician and engineer who served as Governor of New Hampshire and later as White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
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John
John is the given name of John C. Stennis, a long-serving U.S. Senator from Mississippi known for his influence on defense policy.
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John
John is the given name of the influential American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.
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John
John St. Clair Drake was an influential American sociologist and anthropologist known for his pioneering studies of race relations and urban Black life.
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John
John is the given name of John Brisker, an American professional basketball player known for his time in the ABA and NBA and his mysterious disappearance in the 1970s.
- 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: John Target entity description: John II of Castile was a 15th-century king of Castile whose weak rule was dominated by powerful nobles and favorites, notably Álvaro de Luna.
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John
John II of Aragon was a 15th-century King of Aragon and Navarre whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts and the consolidation of Spanish territories.
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John
John is the given name of John II of Portugal, the 15th-century king known for strengthening royal authority and advancing Portuguese exploration.
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John
John II of France was a 14th-century King of France, known as "John the Good," whose reign was marked by the Hundred Years' War and his capture at the Battle of Poitiers.
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John
John, Constable of Portugal, was a prominent 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and military leader known for his role in the consolidation of the Avis dynasty.
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John
John was a historical Prince of Asturias, the traditional title for the heir apparent to the Spanish throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
king ⓘ monarch of Castile ⓘ |
| ascendedToThroneAsMinor | true ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Court culture in Castile ⓘ |
| birthName | Juan de Trastámara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cartuja de Miraflores NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Alfonso of Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry IV of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabella of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | internal noble revolts in Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1405-03-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1454-07-20 ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| father | Henry III of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| favorite | Álvaro de Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentTypeDuringReign | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| house | House of Trastámara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Castilian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| mother | Catherine of Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Juan II de Castilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Trastámara dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlly | Álvaro de Luna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dominance of powerful nobles
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influence of royal favorite Álvaro de Luna ⓘ weak royal authority ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Crown of Castile
NERFINISHED
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Toro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Crown of Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valladolid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Castile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Henry III of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regent |
Catherine of Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ferdinand I of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1454 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1406 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| ruledDuringCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Isabella of Portugal
NERFINISHED
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Maria of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Henry IV of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Castile and León NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Description of subject: John II of Castile was a 15th-century king of Castile whose weak rule was dominated by powerful nobles and favorites, notably Álvaro de Luna.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.