John Hargreaves
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John Hargreaves was an acclaimed Australian film and television actor known for his versatile performances in dramas and thrillers during the 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Hargreaves canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5398797 — 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 Hargreaves Context triple: [Cry Freedom, castMember, John Hargreaves]
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A.
James Hargreaves
James Hargreaves was an 18th-century English weaver and inventor best known for creating the spinning jenny, a key innovation in the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Arkwright
Arkwright is a small village in the town of Coventry in Providence County, Rhode Island, historically known as a 19th-century mill community.
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E.
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
- 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 Hargreaves Target entity description: John Hargreaves was an acclaimed Australian film and television actor known for his versatile performances in dramas and thrillers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
James Hargreaves
James Hargreaves was an 18th-century English weaver and inventor best known for creating the spinning jenny, a key innovation in the early Industrial Revolution.
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B.
Richard Arkwright
Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and entrepreneur whose development of water-powered spinning machinery and factory-based textile production made him a pivotal figure in the early Industrial Revolution.
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C.
Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor best known for creating the spinning mule, a pivotal textile machine that greatly advanced cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
Arkwright
Arkwright is a small village in the town of Coventry in Providence County, Rhode Island, historically known as a 19th-century mill community.
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E.
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Matthew Robinson Boulton was the son of industrialist Matthew Boulton and a British manufacturer and engineer who helped continue and expand his father's metalworking and minting enterprises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1996 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | AIDS-related illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-11-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1996-01-08 ⓘ |
| era |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| knownFor | versatile performances in Australian film and television ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Australian ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
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Careful, He Might Hear You ⓘ Don's Party ⓘ
linked to:
Don’s Party
Long Weekend ⓘ Malcolm ⓘ Sky Pirates ⓘ The Odd Angry Shot ⓘ The Removalists ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Hargreaves Description of subject: John Hargreaves was an acclaimed Australian film and television actor known for his versatile performances in dramas and thrillers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.