John
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John is the given name of John Newland Maffitt, a noted 19th-century Confederate naval officer and blockade runner.
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 T23221428 — 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 Newland Maffitt, 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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B.
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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C.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, a British aristocrat and 10th Duke of Marlborough.
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E.
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 name of John Newland Maffitt, a noted 19th-century Confederate naval officer and blockade runner.
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John
John is the given name of John Arbuthnot Fisher, a prominent British admiral and naval reformer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Bell Hood, a Confederate general known for his aggressive command during the American Civil War.
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C.
John
John is the given name of Admiral Sir John Jervis, a prominent British Royal Navy officer and victor of the 1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John C. Pemberton, a Confederate general best known for his role in the American Civil War, particularly the Siege of Vicksburg.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John B. Gordon, a prominent Confederate general and later U.S. senator and governor of Georgia during the 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.