John Berry
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John Berry is the introspective narrator and central figure of John Irving’s novel "The Hotel New Hampshire," chronicling his eccentric family’s tragedies, travels, and coming-of-age experiences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Berry canonical | 3 |
| John Berry Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9356531 — 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 Berry Context triple: [The Hotel New Hampshire, mainCharacter, John Berry]
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A.
John Berry
John Berry is the namesake of the Berry Events Center, likely a significant benefactor or figure associated with the institution that owns the arena.
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B.
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
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C.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
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D.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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E.
Jason Robards Sr.
Jason Robards Sr. was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in silent and early sound-era movies and as the father of acclaimed actor Jason Robards Jr.
- 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 Berry Target entity description: John Berry is the introspective narrator and central figure of John Irving’s novel "The Hotel New Hampshire," chronicling his eccentric family’s tragedies, travels, and coming-of-age experiences.
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A.
John Berry
John Berry is the namesake of the Berry Events Center, likely a significant benefactor or figure associated with the institution that owns the arena.
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B.
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
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C.
John Uhler Lemmon III
John Uhler Lemmon III, better known as Jack Lemmon, was an acclaimed American actor celebrated for his versatile performances in classic comedies and dramas such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
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D.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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E.
Jason Robards Sr.
Jason Robards Sr. was an American stage and film actor of the early 20th century, known for his character roles in silent and early sound-era movies and as the father of acclaimed actor Jason Robards Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| ageProgression | childhood to adulthood ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hotel New Hampshire
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linked to:
1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire
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| associatedWith | hotel business ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
coming of age
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ trauma and recovery ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
introspective
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ observant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States (fictional American character) ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Irving ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
grief
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incestuous desire ⓘ political violence ⓘ sexual violence (within family context) ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| experiences |
family tragedies
ⓘ
geographical displacement ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| familyName | Berry ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Hotel New Hampshire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Hotel New Hampshire (1981 novel)
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linked to:
The Hotel New Hampshire
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Berry ⓘ |
| hasFather | Win Berry ⓘ |
| hasMother | Mary Berry ⓘ |
| hasRomanticFeelingsFor | Franny Berry ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Egg Berry
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Frank Berry ⓘ Franny Berry ⓘ Lilly Berry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
family saga
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| livesIn |
New Hampshire (fictionalized setting)
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linked to:
State of New Hampshire (inferred)
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| medium | novel ⓘ |
| memberOf | Berry family ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | lens on Berry family eccentricities ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | retrospective ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| narratorOf | The Hotel New Hampshire ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| roleInFamily | middle child ⓘ |
| toneAsNarrator |
melancholic
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wry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Berry Description of subject: John Berry is the introspective narrator and central figure of John Irving’s novel "The Hotel New Hampshire," chronicling his eccentric family’s tragedies, travels, and coming-of-age experiences.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.