John
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John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4367484 — 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 Context triple: [John Alexander Logan, givenName, John]
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John
John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving and influential first director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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C.
John
John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John H. Hammond Jr., the influential American record producer and talent scout known for discovering and promoting numerous major jazz, blues, and rock musicians.
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E.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
- 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 Target entity description: John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
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John
John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
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John
John is the given name of John Peter Altgeld, a prominent 19th-century American politician and reformist governor of Illinois.
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John
John is the given name of John L. Lewis, the influential American labor leader who headed the United Mine Workers of America and helped shape the modern labor movement.
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John
John is the given name of John Hancock, a prominent American statesman and patriot best known for his large signature on the United States Declaration of Independence.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Muir, the influential Scottish-American naturalist and conservationist known as the "Father of the National Parks."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1826-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1886-12-26 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Alexander Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiddleName | Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredFor | leadership of volunteer soldiers during the American Civil War ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryRank | major general ⓘ |
| movement | Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential role in post–Civil War American politics
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service as a Union general in the American Civil War ⓘ |
| occupation |
military officer
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politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jackson County, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C., United States
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linked to:
Washington, D.C.
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| politicalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
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| positionHeld |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
ⓘ
United States Senator from Illinois ⓘ |
| represented | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 Description of subject: John is the given name of John Alexander Logan, a prominent 19th-century American Civil War general and influential politician.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.