Christopher Jones
E19337
Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christopher Jones canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7622 — 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: Christopher Jones Context triple: [Mayflower landing at Plymouth, captain, Christopher Jones]
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A.
Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
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B.
Julian Amery
Julian Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister known for his roles in defense and colonial affairs during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
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D.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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E.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
- 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: Christopher Jones Target entity description: Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
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A.
Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
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B.
Julian Amery
Julian Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister known for his roles in defense and colonial affairs during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy was an American character actor known for his work on stage, film, and television, including roles in classic movies like "Kiss Me Deadly" and collaborations with director Robert Aldrich.
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D.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
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E.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English mariner
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historical figure ⓘ ship captain ⓘ |
| activity |
commanding merchant vessels
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transatlantic navigation ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
1620 voyage of the Mayflower
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayflower landing at Plymouth
voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| carriedPassengers | Pilgrims ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| departureYear | 1620 ⓘ |
| destination | New England ⓘ |
| era | Age of Sail ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
maritime trade
ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ |
| floruit | early 17th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | played a key role in the founding of Plymouth Colony through the Mayflower voyage ⓘ |
| knownFor | captaining the Mayflower on its 1620 voyage to New England ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Christopher Jones ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableShip | Mayflower ⓘ |
| occupation |
mariner
ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ |
| roleOnMayflower |
captain
ⓘ
master ⓘ |
| transportedGroup |
English Separatists
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linked to:
Separatists
Pilgrim Fathers ⓘ
linked to:
Pilgrims
|
| vesselCommanded | Mayflower ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Christopher Jones Description of subject: Christopher Jones was the English mariner who captained the Mayflower on its historic 1620 voyage carrying the Pilgrims to New England.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.