John Standing
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John Standing is an English actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including a role in the dystopian political thriller "V for Vendetta."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Standing canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10467411 — 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 Standing Context triple: [V for Vendetta, castMember, John Standing]
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A.
Michael Steadman
Michael Steadman is a central character on the television drama "thirtysomething," portrayed as a sensitive, idealistic young professional navigating marriage, career, and adulthood in the late 1980s.
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B.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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C.
Ken Farmer
Ken Farmer is a notable individual recognized for his achievements and public prominence in his field.
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D.
Tim Stevenson
Tim Stevenson is a British public servant who has served as the ceremonial representative of the monarch in Oxfordshire.
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E.
Stanley Savige
Stanley Savige was an Australian Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for his leadership in the Pacific theatre and his earlier service at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in World War I.
- 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 Standing Target entity description: John Standing is an English actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including a role in the dystopian political thriller "V for Vendetta."
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A.
Michael Steadman
Michael Steadman is a central character on the television drama "thirtysomething," portrayed as a sensitive, idealistic young professional navigating marriage, career, and adulthood in the late 1980s.
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B.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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C.
Ken Farmer
Ken Farmer is a notable individual recognized for his achievements and public prominence in his field.
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D.
Tim Stevenson
Tim Stevenson is a British public servant who has served as the ceremonial representative of the monarch in Oxfordshire.
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E.
Stanley Savige
Stanley Savige was an Australian Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for his leadership in the Pacific theatre and his earlier service at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Standing ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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film ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive work in film
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extensive work in television ⓘ extensive work in theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John Standing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
V for Vendetta
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dystopian political thriller V for Vendetta ⓘ
linked to:
V for Vendetta
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| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf | British theatre tradition ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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: John Standing Description of subject: John Standing is an English actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including a role in the dystopian political thriller "V for Vendetta."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.