John Parry
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John Parry is a fictional British explorer and military officer from Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" series, notable as the father of Will Parry and for his journeys between parallel worlds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Parry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12674926 — 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 Parry Context triple: [Colonel John Parry, alsoKnownAs, John Parry]
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A.
John Parry
John Parry is a former NFL official who served as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls and was known for his long career in professional football officiating.
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B.
Dafydd Wigley
Dafydd Wigley is a Welsh politician and former leader of Plaid Cymru who served as a Member of Parliament and later as a member of the House of Lords, known for his advocacy of Welsh devolution and social justice.
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C.
Will Parry
Will Parry is a central character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, a brave and introspective boy who becomes the bearer of the subtle knife and travels between worlds alongside Lyra Silvertongue.
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D.
Charles Christopher Parry
Charles Christopher Parry was a 19th-century British-American botanist and mountaineer known for his extensive plant explorations in the American West and for describing numerous new species.
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E.
John Rowlands
John Rowlands, better known as Henry Morton Stanley, was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist famed for his expeditions in central Africa and the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
- 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 Parry Target entity description: John Parry is a fictional British explorer and military officer from Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" series, notable as the father of Will Parry and for his journeys between parallel worlds.
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A.
John Parry
John Parry is a former NFL official who served as the head referee in multiple Super Bowls and was known for his long career in professional football officiating.
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B.
Dafydd Wigley
Dafydd Wigley is a Welsh politician and former leader of Plaid Cymru who served as a Member of Parliament and later as a member of the House of Lords, known for his advocacy of Welsh devolution and social justice.
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C.
Will Parry
Will Parry is a central character in Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy, a brave and introspective boy who becomes the bearer of the subtle knife and travels between worlds alongside Lyra Silvertongue.
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D.
Charles Christopher Parry
Charles Christopher Parry was a 19th-century British-American botanist and mountaineer known for his extensive plant explorations in the American West and for describing numerous new species.
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E.
John Rowlands
John Rowlands, better known as Henry Morton Stanley, was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist famed for his expeditions in central Africa and the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dæmon
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explorer ⓘ fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Colonel John Parry
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Stanislaus Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jopari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| animalForm | osprey ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Northern Lights
NERFINISHED
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The Amber Spyglass NERFINISHED ⓘ The Subtle Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | tragic figure ⓘ |
| child | Will Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Philip Pullman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| familyName | Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | John Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | His Dark Materials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Subtle Knife NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | to find the bearer of the Subtle Knife ⓘ |
| hasDæmon | Sayan Kötör NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Lee Scoresby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kills | John Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | guide to Will Parry ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of Will Parry
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journeys between parallel worlds ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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military officer ⓘ shaman ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Andrew Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | His Dark Materials (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | shaman of a northern tribe ⓘ |
| servedIn | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization | exploration of Arctic regions ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| spouse | Elaine Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelledTo |
Cittàgazze
NERFINISHED
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Lyra Belacqua's world NERFINISHED ⓘ multiple parallel universes ⓘ |
| worldOfOrigin | Will Parry's world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Parry Description of subject: John Parry is a fictional British explorer and military officer from Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" series, notable as the father of Will Parry and for his journeys between parallel worlds.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.