John Holmes
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John Holmes was an American poet and influential creative writing teacher known for mentoring notable poets, including Anne Sexton, at Tufts University.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Holmes canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3331434 — 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 Holmes Context triple: [Anne Sexton, studentOf, John Holmes]
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A.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
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B.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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C.
Robert Durst
Robert Durst was an American real estate heir and convicted murderer whose suspected involvement in multiple deaths made him the subject of intense media scrutiny and the HBO documentary series "The Jinx."
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D.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
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E.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
- 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 Holmes Target entity description: John Holmes was an American poet and influential creative writing teacher known for mentoring notable poets, including Anne Sexton, at Tufts University.
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A.
John Holmes
John Holmes was a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
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B.
Gabriel Harris
Gabriel Harris is an American percussionist and musician best known for his work with his mother, folk singer and activist Joan Baez, as well as other world and folk music artists.
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C.
Robert Durst
Robert Durst was an American real estate heir and convicted murderer whose suspected involvement in multiple deaths made him the subject of intense media scrutiny and the HBO documentary series "The Jinx."
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D.
James Carroll Beckwith
James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
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E.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creative writing teacher
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person ⓘ poet ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-01-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1962-06-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Tufts University
ⓘ
linked to:
Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus
|
| employer |
Boston University (guest lecturer)
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston University
Tufts University ⓘ
linked to:
Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus
|
| fieldOfWork |
creative writing
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Anne Sexton
ⓘ
students of Tufts University creative writing program ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableRole | influential creative writing teacher at Tufts University ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Anne Sexton ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Address to the Living
ⓘ
Map of My Country ⓘ The Fortune Teller ⓘ The Symbols ⓘ |
| occupation |
creative writing teacher
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poet ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Somerville, Massachusetts
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| placeOfDeath |
Medford, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Medford, Massachusetts
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| residence |
Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
|
| workLocation | Medford, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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 Holmes Description of subject: John Holmes was an American poet and influential creative writing teacher known for mentoring notable poets, including Anne Sexton, at Tufts University.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.