Edmund J. Sullivan
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Edmund J. Sullivan was a British illustrator best known for his intricate and imaginative pen-and-ink work in early 20th-century book and magazine illustration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edmund J. Sullivan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4569283 — 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: Edmund J. Sullivan Context triple: [Sullivan, hasNotableBearer, Edmund J. Sullivan]
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A.
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
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B.
William A. Shea
William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
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C.
Edgar A. Joralemon
Edgar A. Joralemon was an American architect best known for designing the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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D.
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Cornelius J. Sullivan was an American lawyer and art collector active in early 20th-century New York cultural circles.
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E.
John Swope
John Swope was an American photographer and aviator known for his work documenting World War II and Hollywood, and for being married to actress Dorothy McGuire.
- 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: Edmund J. Sullivan Target entity description: Edmund J. Sullivan was a British illustrator best known for his intricate and imaginative pen-and-ink work in early 20th-century book and magazine illustration.
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A.
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan was a British character actor known for his commanding presence and roles in classic films and stage productions, often portraying authoritative or villainous figures.
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B.
William A. Shea
William A. Shea was an American lawyer and civic leader best known for spearheading the return of National League baseball to New York City, leading to the founding of the New York Mets and the naming of Shea Stadium in his honor.
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C.
Edgar A. Joralemon
Edgar A. Joralemon was an American architect best known for designing the Cathedral of Saint Paul.
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D.
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Cornelius J. Sullivan was an American lawyer and art collector active in early 20th-century New York cultural circles.
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E.
John Swope
John Swope was an American photographer and aviator known for his work documenting World War II and Hollywood, and for being married to actress Dorothy McGuire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book illustrator
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illustrator ⓘ magazine illustrator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticMedium | pen-and-ink ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
imaginative illustration
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intricate line work ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Sullivan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book illustration
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illustration ⓘ magazine illustration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
book illustration
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magazine illustration ⓘ |
| givenName | Edmund ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | British illustration tradition ⓘ |
| name | Edmund J. Sullivan ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 20th-century book illustration
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early 20th-century magazine illustration ⓘ |
| notableWork | illustrations for literary classics ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
London
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linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| usedTechnique |
decorative line illustration
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detailed pen-and-ink drawing ⓘ |
| workPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: Edmund J. Sullivan Description of subject: Edmund J. Sullivan was a British illustrator best known for his intricate and imaginative pen-and-ink work in early 20th-century book and magazine illustration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.