John Holmes
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Holmes canonical | 8 |
| John C. Holmes | 3 |
| John Curtis Holmes | 2 |
| John Holmes filmography | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T270165 — 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: [Holmes, hasNotableBearer, John Holmes]
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A.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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C.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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D.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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E.
John Carver
John Carver was a prominent early Pilgrim leader who became the first governor of Plymouth Colony after the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620.
- 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 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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A.
Jed Harris
Jed Harris was a prominent American theatrical producer and director known for staging influential Broadway productions in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.
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C.
Timothy McVeigh
Timothy McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist best known for perpetrating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil before 9/11.
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D.
Christine Grady
Christine Grady is an American nurse-bioethicist who heads the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and is known for her work on clinical research ethics.
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E.
John Carver
John Carver was a prominent early Pilgrim leader who became the first governor of Plymouth Colony after the Mayflower’s arrival in 1620.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American pornographic film actor
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adult film actor ⓘ human ⓘ pornographic film actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
John C. Holmes
ⓘ
linked to:
John Holmes
Johnny Wadd ⓘ |
| birthName | John Curtis Estes ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | AIDS-related complications ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-08-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-03-13 ⓘ |
| drugUse | cocaine ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| eyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| genre | pornographic film ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| industry | adult entertainment industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large penis
ⓘ
prolific adult film career ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue | involvement in Wonderland murders investigation ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1983 ⓘ |
| marriageStart |
1965
ⓘ
1987 ⓘ |
| name | John Holmes ⓘ |
| notableEra |
1970s
ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork | Johnny Wadd film series ⓘ |
| numberOfFilms | over 500 adult films ⓘ |
| occupation |
adult film actor
ⓘ
pornographic film actor ⓘ strip club performer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Golden Age of Porn ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ashville, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
San Fernando Valley
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | heterosexual ⓘ |
| spouse |
Laurie Holmes
ⓘ
Sharon Gebenini ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary "Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes"
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film "Boogie Nights" (loosely inspired character) ⓘ
linked to:
Boogie Nights
film "Wonderland" ⓘ |
| wasAcquittedOf | murder charges in Wonderland murders case ⓘ |
| workedIn | Los Angeles adult film industry ⓘ |
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 a famous American adult film actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, widely known for his prolific career and distinctive physical attributes.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John Holmes
linked to: John Holmes
subject linked to:
film "Wonderland"
subject linked to:
documentary "Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes"
linked to: John Holmes
subject linked to:
documentary "Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes"
linked to: John Holmes
linked to: John Holmes
linked to: John Holmes