Alan Sheridan
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Alan Sheridan was a British translator and writer best known for bringing the works of French philosopher Michel Foucault, among others, to English-speaking audiences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Sheridan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7109179 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alan Sheridan Context triple: [Discipline and Punish, englishTranslator, Alan Sheridan]
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A.
Matthew Ridgway
Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean War.
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B.
Walton H. Walker
Walton H. Walker was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership of Eighth Army in the early stages of the Korean War, where he organized the defense that halted North Korean advances.
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C.
Lewis B. Puller
Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and iconic combat leader, renowned for his service in multiple major conflicts including World War II and the Korean War.
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D.
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley was a highly respected American Army general in World War II who led U.S. ground forces in Western Europe and later became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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E.
James M. Gavin
James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
- 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: Alan Sheridan Target entity description: Alan Sheridan was a British translator and writer best known for bringing the works of French philosopher Michel Foucault, among others, to English-speaking audiences.
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A.
Matthew Ridgway
Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean War.
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B.
Walton H. Walker
Walton H. Walker was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership of Eighth Army in the early stages of the Korean War, where he organized the defense that halted North Korean advances.
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C.
Lewis B. Puller
Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer and iconic combat leader, renowned for his service in multiple major conflicts including World War II and the Korean War.
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D.
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley was a highly respected American Army general in World War II who led U.S. ground forces in Western Europe and later became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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E.
James M. Gavin
James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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translator ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French literature
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French philosophy ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
French literature
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literary translation ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
literary criticism
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non-fiction ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English translations of works by Michel Foucault
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helping disseminate French post-structuralist thought in the Anglophone world ⓘ introducing French theory to English-speaking audiences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
English translations of Michel Foucault’s books
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translations of works by other French intellectuals ⓘ |
| occupation |
translator
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | French ⓘ |
| translatedToLanguage | English ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Alan Sheridan Description of subject: Alan Sheridan was a British translator and writer best known for bringing the works of French philosopher Michel Foucault, among others, to English-speaking audiences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.