John A. Broadus
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John A. Broadus was a prominent 19th-century American Baptist pastor, theologian, and educator known especially for his influential work in preaching and New Testament studies.
All labels observed (1)
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| John A. Broadus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9157725 — 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: John A. Broadus Context triple: [The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, founder, John A. Broadus]
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B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
D. M. Marshman Jr.
D. M. Marshman Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1950 film noir drama "Sunset Boulevard."
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C.
Alfred B. Maclay
Alfred B. Maclay was an American financier and horticulture enthusiast whose former estate and gardens in Tallahassee, Florida, became the basis for Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park.
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D.
Thomas Goodwin
Thomas Goodwin was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and preacher associated with the Independent (Congregational) movement.
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E.
David Lipscomb
David Lipscomb was a prominent 19th-century American Christian leader, educator, and influential figure in the Churches of Christ movement.
- 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 A. Broadus Target entity description: John A. Broadus was a prominent 19th-century American Baptist pastor, theologian, and educator known especially for his influential work in preaching and New Testament studies.
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A.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
D. M. Marshman Jr.
D. M. Marshman Jr. was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the classic 1950 film noir drama "Sunset Boulevard."
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C.
Alfred B. Maclay
Alfred B. Maclay was an American financier and horticulture enthusiast whose former estate and gardens in Tallahassee, Florida, became the basis for Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park.
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D.
Thomas Goodwin
Thomas Goodwin was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan theologian and preacher associated with the Independent (Congregational) movement.
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E.
David Lipscomb
David Lipscomb was a prominent 19th-century American Christian leader, educator, and influential figure in the Churches of Christ movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baptist theologian
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Christian pastor ⓘ person ⓘ religious educator ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination |
Southern Baptist
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linked to:
Southern Baptist Convention
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| employer |
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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linked to:
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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| familyName | Broadus ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
New Testament studies
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linked to:
New Testament scholarship
biblical studies ⓘ homiletics ⓘ preaching ⓘ |
| genre |
homiletics textbooks
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theological literature ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| influenced |
American evangelical homiletics
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Southern Baptist preaching tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 19th-century American Baptist movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential work in New Testament studies
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influential work in preaching ⓘ |
| notableWork | On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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pastor ⓘ seminary professor ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| positionHeld |
president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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 A. Broadus Description of subject: John A. Broadus was a prominent 19th-century American Baptist pastor, theologian, and educator known especially for his influential work in preaching and New Testament studies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.