John
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John is the given name of John D. Magrath, a decorated American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
All labels observed (1)
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17123379 — 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 Context triple: [John D. Magrath, givenName, John]
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John
John is the given name of John A. Roebling II, an American civil engineer and philanthropist from the prominent Roebling family associated with major bridge construction.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of Johnny Kilbane, an American featherweight boxing champion from the early 20th century.
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C.
John
John is the first name of Jack Phillips, the British wireless operator on the RMS Titanic who died during its sinking in 1912.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Bowen, a British novelist and playwright known for his crime and speculative fiction.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, a prominent 17th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman.
- 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 Target entity description: John is the given name of John D. Magrath, a decorated American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
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John
John is the given name of John J. Pershing, the famed American general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
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B.
John
John is the given name of John E. Wool, a prominent 19th-century United States Army officer and Mexican–American War general.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John F. Reynolds, a Union Army general who served during the American Civil War.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Adams, the second president of the United States and a prominent Founding Father.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Madden, the famed American football coach, broadcaster, and namesake of the Madden NFL video game series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.