John Alden
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John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Alden canonical | 15 |
| John Alden, Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T88121 — 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 Alden Context triple: [Mayflower Compact, signedBy, John Alden]
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A.
Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
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B.
Myles Standish
Myles Standish was an English military officer who served as the chief military leader and advisor for the Pilgrims in the early years of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
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C.
William Bradford
William Bradford was a leader of the Pilgrims and longtime governor of Plymouth Colony who chronicled its early history in his famous work "Of Plymouth Plantation."
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D.
William Brewster
William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
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E.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
- 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 Alden Target entity description: John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
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A.
Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
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B.
Myles Standish
Myles Standish was an English military officer who served as the chief military leader and advisor for the Pilgrims in the early years of the Plymouth Colony in New England.
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C.
William Bradford
William Bradford was a leader of the Pilgrims and longtime governor of Plymouth Colony who chronicled its early history in his famous work "Of Plymouth Plantation."
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D.
William Brewster
William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
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E.
Richard Mather
Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayflower passenger
ⓘ
colonist of Plymouth Colony ⓘ cooper ⓘ early settler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| arrivedIn | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mayflower Compact
ⓘ
Pilgrims ⓘ Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| birthPlace | England ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity | North America ⓘ |
| culture | English ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | English ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a passenger on the Mayflower
ⓘ
being an early settler of Plymouth Colony ⓘ role in early New England history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | John Alden ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
voyage of the Mayflower
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayflower
|
| occupation |
colonist
ⓘ
cooper ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | New England ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| roleIn | founding period of Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| ship | Mayflower ⓘ |
| spouse | Priscilla Mullins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: John Alden Description of subject: John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Myles Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury
linked to: John Alden
subject linked to:
Mayflower (through her husband John Billington)