John Harrison
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John Harrison was an English publisher active in the late 16th century, known for issuing significant historical and literary works of the Elizabethan era.
All labels observed (1)
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| John Harrison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11981426 — 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 Harrison Context triple: [Holinshed's Chronicles, publisher, John Harrison]
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A.
John Harrison
John Harrison was an 18th-century English clockmaker renowned for inventing marine chronometers that solved the problem of determining longitude at sea.
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B.
John Harrison
John Harrison is an American composer and filmmaker best known for scoring George A. Romero’s horror films, including the anthology movie Creepshow.
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C.
Larcum Kendall
Larcum Kendall was an 18th-century English watchmaker renowned for crafting highly accurate marine chronometers that advanced long-distance sea navigation.
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D.
James Bradley
James Bradley is an American author best known for writing the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers," which chronicles the lives of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.
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E.
James Bradley
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
- 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 Harrison Target entity description: John Harrison was an English publisher active in the late 16th century, known for issuing significant historical and literary works of the Elizabethan era.
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A.
John Harrison
John Harrison was an 18th-century English clockmaker renowned for inventing marine chronometers that solved the problem of determining longitude at sea.
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B.
John Harrison
John Harrison is an American composer and filmmaker best known for scoring George A. Romero’s horror films, including the anthology movie Creepshow.
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C.
Larcum Kendall
Larcum Kendall was an 18th-century English watchmaker renowned for crafting highly accurate marine chronometers that advanced long-distance sea navigation.
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D.
James Bradley
James Bradley is an American author best known for writing the World War II history book "Flags of Our Fathers," which chronicles the lives of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima.
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E.
James Bradley
James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.