John Cannan (convicted criminal)
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John Cannan is a British convicted criminal and suspected serial offender, widely linked in the media to several high-profile abduction and murder cases from the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Cannan (convicted criminal) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13758278 — 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 Cannan (convicted criminal) Context triple: [Cannan, hasNotableBearer, John Cannan (convicted criminal)]
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A.
Jeffrey Goines
Jeffrey Goines is a mentally unstable, anarchistic activist portrayed by Brad Pitt in the science fiction film "12 Monkeys."
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B.
Don Harvey
Don Harvey is an American character actor known for his intense supporting roles in films such as the Vietnam War drama "Casualties of War."
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C.
Michael Martin
Michael Martin was a British Labour politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons in the early 21st century and was later created Baron Martin of Springburn.
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D.
Jeffrey Caine
Jeffrey Caine is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the James Bond film "GoldenEye" and earning an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of "The Constant Gardener."
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E.
John Shinn
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
- 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 Cannan (convicted criminal) Target entity description: John Cannan is a British convicted criminal and suspected serial offender, widely linked in the media to several high-profile abduction and murder cases from the 1980s.
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A.
Jeffrey Goines
Jeffrey Goines is a mentally unstable, anarchistic activist portrayed by Brad Pitt in the science fiction film "12 Monkeys."
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B.
Don Harvey
Don Harvey is an American character actor known for his intense supporting roles in films such as the Vietnam War drama "Casualties of War."
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C.
Michael Martin
Michael Martin was a British Labour politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons in the early 21st century and was later created Baron Martin of Springburn.
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D.
Jeffrey Caine
Jeffrey Caine is a British screenwriter best known for co-writing the James Bond film "GoldenEye" and earning an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of "The Constant Gardener."
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E.
John Shinn
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.