Little John
E129603
Little John is a legendary English outlaw famed as Robin Hood’s loyal, giant-sized companion and skilled fighter in medieval folklore.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little John canonical | 41 |
| little John | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1140187 — 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: Little John Context triple: [Hathersage, associatedWithLegendaryFigure, Little John]
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A.
Squire Christopher Dale
Squire Christopher Dale is a proud, conservative country gentleman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his rigid principles and complicated relationships with his nieces.
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B.
Bartholomew Allerton
Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
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C.
Wyck Godfrey
Wyck Godfrey is an American film and television producer best known for overseeing major young-adult franchises such as the Twilight series and serving as president of Paramount Motion Picture Group.
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D.
Will Scarlet
Will Scarlet is a legendary member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men, often portrayed as a dashing, hot-headed outlaw skilled with the sword.
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E.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
- 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: Little John Target entity description: Little John is a legendary English outlaw famed as Robin Hood’s loyal, giant-sized companion and skilled fighter in medieval folklore.
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A.
Squire Christopher Dale
Squire Christopher Dale is a proud, conservative country gentleman in Anthony Trollope’s novel "The Small House at Allington," known for his rigid principles and complicated relationships with his nieces.
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B.
Bartholomew Allerton
Bartholomew Allerton was a child passenger on the Mayflower and the son of Plymouth Colony settler Isaac Allerton, making him part of the early English Pilgrim community in New England.
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C.
Wyck Godfrey
Wyck Godfrey is an American film and television producer best known for overseeing major young-adult franchises such as the Twilight series and serving as president of Paramount Motion Picture Group.
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D.
Will Scarlet
Will Scarlet is a legendary member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men, often portrayed as a dashing, hot-headed outlaw skilled with the sword.
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E.
Merry Men
The Merry Men are the legendary band of outlaws who accompany Robin Hood in English folklore, known for robbing the rich to aid the poor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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legendary figure ⓘ member of Robin Hood's Merry Men ⓘ outlaw ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Robin Hood ballads
ⓘ
linked to:
ballads of Robin Hood
Robin Hood films ⓘ Robin Hood stage adaptations ⓘ
linked to:
Robin Hood plays
Robin Hood television series ⓘ later Robin Hood literature ⓘ medieval English outlaw tales ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Merry Men
ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ Robin Hood ⓘ Sherwood Forest ⓘ |
| basedIn | Sherwood Forest ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in English folklore
ⓘ
Robin Hood characters ⓘ |
| country of origin | England ⓘ |
| culture | English folklore ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Sheriff of Nottingham ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Barnsdale (in some versions) ⓘ |
| firstKnownForm | character in medieval ballads ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
folklore
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legend ⓘ |
| hasType | giant-sized human ⓘ |
| language of tradition | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryArchetype | loyal strongman companion ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Robin Hood ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | heroic outlaw ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | nickname contrasting his large size with the word "Little" ⓘ |
| narrativeUniverse |
Robin Hood legend cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
ballads of Robin Hood
|
| notableCharacteristic |
great height
ⓘ
great strength ⓘ loyalty to Robin Hood ⓘ skill in quarterstaff fighting ⓘ |
| occupation | outlaw ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film, as an anthropomorphic bear)
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linked to:
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ various BBC Robin Hood adaptations ⓘ |
| role |
Robin Hood's companion
ⓘ
linked to:
Friar Tuck
member of an outlaw band ⓘ second-in-command to Robin Hood ⓘ |
| supportsCause |
defense of the poor
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resistance to unjust authority ⓘ |
| time period of setting | medieval England ⓘ |
| weapon | quarterstaff ⓘ |
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: Little John Description of subject: Little John is a legendary English outlaw famed as Robin Hood’s loyal, giant-sized companion and skilled fighter in medieval folklore.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the greenwood
subject linked to:
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film)
subject linked to:
Robin Hood television series
subject linked to:
Robin Hood television series
subject linked to:
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film)
linked to: Little John