John is his given name
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John Cardinal McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first cardinal of the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John is his given name canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14741139 — 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 is his given name Context triple: [John Cardinal McCloskey, givenNameUsage, John is his given name]
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A.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and early political leader from Maryland.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Rennie the Younger, a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for designing notable bridges and docks.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Chadwick, a renowned British linguist and classical scholar noted for his work on deciphering the ancient Greek script Linear B.
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E.
John
John is the given name of Sir John Kingman, a prominent British mathematician and statistician known for his work in probability theory and population genetics.
- 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 is his given name Target entity description: John Cardinal McCloskey was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who became the first cardinal of the United States.
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A.
John
John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
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B.
John
John is the given name of John Eager Howard, an American Revolutionary War officer and early political leader from Maryland.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John Rennie the Younger, a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer known for designing notable bridges and docks.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Chadwick, a renowned British linguist and classical scholar noted for his work on deciphering the ancient Greek script Linear B.
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E.
John
John is the given name of Sir John Kingman, a prominent British mathematician and statistician known for his work in probability theory and population genetics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Cardinal McCloskey