John
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John is the given first name of actor Kirk Alyn, best known for being the first on-screen Superman.
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 T23100060 — 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: [Kirk Alyn, givenName, John]
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John
John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
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John
John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
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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 Williams Walker, an early 19th-century American politician and U.S. Senator from Alabama.
- 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 actor Kirk Alyn, best known for being the first on-screen Superman.
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John
John is the given name of the renowned American stage and film actor John Barrymore, a major star of the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given first name of American actor David Carradine, best known for his role in the television series "Kung Fu."
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John
John is the first name of American actor and singer Dick Foran, known for his roles in Western films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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John
John is the birth name of American actor and director Jackie Cooper, a prominent child star of the early 20th century.
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E.
John
John is the given name of actor John Cho, a Korean American performer known for roles in the "Harold & Kumar" films and the "Star Trek" reboot series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.