John
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John is the given first name of the British actor Bernard Lee, best known for portraying M in the early James Bond films.
All labels observed (1)
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19297957 — 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: [Bernard Lee, givenName, John]
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John
John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
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John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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John
John is the given name of John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Lawrence, a British peer and politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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John
John Entwistle was the influential English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band The Who.
- 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 is the given first name of the British actor Bernard Lee, best known for portraying M in the early James Bond films.
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John
John is the given name of John Kitzmiller, an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century European cinema, including the James Bond film "Dr. No."
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John
John is the given first name of the English actor and comedian Jon Pertwee, best known for playing the Third Doctor in the long-running BBC series Doctor Who.
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John
John is the given first name of the British actor and writer Reginald Owen, known for his work in early 20th-century film and theatre.
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John
John is the given name of the late English actor John Thaw, best known for his role as Inspector Morse in the British television series of the same name.
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John
John is the given name of English actor and musician John Simm, known for roles in series such as "Life on Mars" and "Doctor Who."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.