John McEnroe Sr.

E181067

American lawyer human lawyer

John McEnroe Sr. was an American lawyer and the father of tennis champion John McEnroe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
John McEnroe	1
John McEnroe Sr. canonical	1
Kay McEnroe	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1588975 — 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 McEnroe Sr.
Context triple: [Calvary Cemetery, Queens, hasBurial, John McEnroe Sr.]

A. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors is a legendary American tennis player known for his fierce competitiveness, powerful baseline game, and record-setting longevity on the professional tour.
B. Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
C. Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer is a film producer, author, and humanitarian best known as the son and biographer of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and for his work preserving her legacy.
D. Stan Smith
Stan Smith is the ultra-patriotic, often clueless CIA agent and main character of the animated television series "American Dad!"
E. Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
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 McEnroe Sr.
Target entity description: John McEnroe Sr. was an American lawyer and the father of tennis champion John McEnroe.

A. Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors is a legendary American tennis player known for his fierce competitiveness, powerful baseline game, and record-setting longevity on the professional tour.
B. Bobby Riggs
Bobby Riggs was an American tennis champion and hustler best known for his 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King.
C. Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer is a film producer, author, and humanitarian best known as the son and biographer of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and for his work preserving her legacy.
D. Stan Smith
Stan Smith is the ultra-patriotic, often clueless CIA agent and main character of the animated television series "American Dad!"
E. Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is a former American basketball player best known as a dominant center for Oregon State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s and later an NBA veteran.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American lawyer ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
child	John McEnroe ⓘ Mark McEnroe ⓘ linked to: John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1934 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2017 ⓘ
educatedAt	Fordham University ⓘ Fordham University School of Law ⓘ
employer	Milbank LLP ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ
fatherOf	John McEnroe ⓘ
fieldOfWork	corporate law ⓘ
notableRelative	John McEnroe ⓘ Kay McEnroe ⓘ Mark McEnroe ⓘ linked to: John McEnroe Patrick McEnroe ⓘ
notableWork	partner at Milbank LLP ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Manhasset, New York ⓘ linked to: Manhasset
residence	Douglaston, Queens ⓘ linked to: Douglaston–Little Neck New York City ⓘ
spouse	Kay McEnroe ⓘ linked to: John McEnroe Sr.

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calvary Cemetery, Queens → hasBurial → John McEnroe Sr. ⓘ

Jimmy Connors → notableRival → John McEnroe ⓘ

linked to: John McEnroe Sr.

John McEnroe Sr. → spouse → Kay McEnroe ⓘ