John Malcolm
E432838
John Malcolm is the emotionally reserved army major whose strained relationship with his ex-wife forms one of the central storylines in the 1958 British drama film "Separate Tables."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Malcolm canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4363653 — 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 Malcolm Context triple: [Separate Tables (1958 film), leadCharacter, John Malcolm]
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A.
James Keir
James Keir was an 18th-century Scottish chemist, industrialist, and member of the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham, known for his contributions to early chemical manufacturing and scientific industry.
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B.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
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C.
Thomas J. C. Martyn
Thomas J. C. Martyn was a British-born journalist and editor best known as the founder of the American news magazine Newsweek.
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D.
Alexander Keith Marshall
Alexander Keith Marshall was a 19th-century American physician and politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative.
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E.
Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- 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 Malcolm Target entity description: John Malcolm is the emotionally reserved army major whose strained relationship with his ex-wife forms one of the central storylines in the 1958 British drama film "Separate Tables."
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A.
James Keir
James Keir was an 18th-century Scottish chemist, industrialist, and member of the influential Lunar Society of Birmingham, known for his contributions to early chemical manufacturing and scientific industry.
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B.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
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C.
Thomas J. C. Martyn
Thomas J. C. Martyn was a British-born journalist and editor best known as the founder of the American news magazine Newsweek.
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D.
Alexander Keith Marshall
Alexander Keith Marshall was a 19th-century American physician and politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative.
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E.
Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton is a film editor known for his work on notable movies including the baseball romantic comedy "Bull Durham."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Separate Tables
ⓘ
linked to:
Separate Tables (1958 film)
|
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
difficulty expressing feelings
ⓘ
emotional distance from ex-wife ⓘ |
| countryOfService | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdForWork | Separate Tables ⓘ |
| emotionallyReserved | true ⓘ |
| featuredInFilmCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuredInFilmType | British drama film ⓘ |
| featuredInFilmYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| featuredInGenre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasExWife | Ann Shankland ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRank | major ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
emotionally guarded
ⓘ
reserved ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | romantic relationship difficulties ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character ⓘ |
| occupation | army major ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmMedium | motion picture ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithAnnShankland | former spouses ⓘ |
| relationshipWithAnnShankland | strained ⓘ |
| settingOfStory | English seaside hotel ⓘ |
| storyFunction |
explores themes of failed marriage
ⓘ
explores themes of loneliness ⓘ |
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 Malcolm Description of subject: John Malcolm is the emotionally reserved army major whose strained relationship with his ex-wife forms one of the central storylines in the 1958 British drama film "Separate Tables."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.