Sir John MacDermott
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Sir John MacDermott was a prominent Northern Irish judge who served as a senior figure in the region’s judiciary during the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir John MacDermott canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8001674 — 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: Sir John MacDermott Context triple: [Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, officeHoldersInclude, Sir John MacDermott]
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A.
Sir Richard MacCormac
Sir Richard MacCormac was a prominent British architect and founder of MJP Architects, known for influential public and institutional buildings across the UK.
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B.
Sir John Aird
Sir John Aird was a prominent Canadian banker who served as president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and chaired the influential 1929 Aird Commission on public broadcasting.
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C.
Sir John Struthers
Sir John Struthers was a Scottish anatomist and academic known for his influential work in comparative anatomy and medical education in the 19th century.
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D.
Sir William Martin
Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
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E.
Sir John Willison
Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
- 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: Sir John MacDermott Target entity description: Sir John MacDermott was a prominent Northern Irish judge who served as a senior figure in the region’s judiciary during the late 20th century.
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A.
Sir Richard MacCormac
Sir Richard MacCormac was a prominent British architect and founder of MJP Architects, known for influential public and institutional buildings across the UK.
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B.
Sir John Aird
Sir John Aird was a prominent Canadian banker who served as president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and chaired the influential 1929 Aird Commission on public broadcasting.
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C.
Sir John Struthers
Sir John Struthers was a Scottish anatomist and academic known for his influential work in comparative anatomy and medical education in the 19th century.
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D.
Sir William Martin
Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
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E.
Sir John Willison
Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northern Irish judge
ⓘ
judge ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Northern Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Queen's University Belfast
ⓘ
linked to:
Queen’s University Belfast
|
| fieldOfWork |
judiciary of Northern Ireland
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council of Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Privy Council
|
| notableFor | service as a senior figure in the Northern Irish judiciary in the late 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork | judicial decisions in the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
ⓘ
judge ⓘ |
| placeOfWork | Belfast ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
High Court judge in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland ⓘ member of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| title | Lord Justice MacDermott ⓘ |
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: Sir John MacDermott Description of subject: Sir John MacDermott was a prominent Northern Irish judge who served as a senior figure in the region’s judiciary during the late 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.