John W. Terry
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John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John W. Terry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5478375 — 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 W. Terry Context triple: [Terry v. Ohio, petitioner, John W. Terry]
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A.
Donovan W. Carter
Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
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B.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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C.
Marcus J. Guillory
Marcus J. Guillory is an American writer and producer known for his work in film and television, often exploring Southern Black culture and spiritual themes.
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D.
Anthony W. Marshall
Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
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E.
James W. Reid
James W. Reid was a Canadian-American architect best known for co-designing the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
- 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 W. Terry Target entity description: John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
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A.
Donovan W. Carter
Donovan W. Carter is an American actor best known for playing NFL defensive tackle Vernon Littlefield on the HBO comedy-drama series "Ballers."
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B.
Samuel J. Crawford
Samuel J. Crawford was the third governor of Kansas, a Civil War officer, and a prominent 19th-century political figure in the state.
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C.
Marcus J. Guillory
Marcus J. Guillory is an American writer and producer known for his work in film and television, often exploring Southern Black culture and spiritual themes.
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D.
Anthony W. Marshall
Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
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E.
James W. Reid
James W. Reid was a Canadian-American architect best known for co-designing the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal defendant
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegalDoctrine |
Terry frisk
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Terry stop ⓘ reasonable suspicion standard ⓘ stop-and-frisk ⓘ |
| centralFigureIn | constitutional criminal procedure jurisprudence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| defendantIn | Terry v. Ohio ⓘ |
| hasLegalCaseOutcome | U.S. Supreme Court upheld the stop-and-frisk ⓘ |
| hasLegalRightImplication | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| hasName | John W. Terry ⓘ |
| hasRole | defendant ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Terry v. Ohio ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Being the individual stopped and frisked in Terry v. Ohio
ⓘ
His case defining constitutional limits of stop-and-frisk ⓘ |
| legalSignificance | His case led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on stop-and-frisk ⓘ |
| relatedToAmendment | Fourth Amendment ⓘ |
| relatedToRight | freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Terry stop-and-frisk ⓘ |
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 W. Terry Description of subject: John W. Terry was the defendant whose stop-and-frisk by police led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio, which defined the constitutional limits of such searches under the Fourth Amendment.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.