James Parkinson
E229733
James Parkinson was an English surgeon and apothecary best known for his 1817 description of the neurological condition that would later bear his name, Parkinson's disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Parkinson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2033095 — 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: James Parkinson Context triple: [Parkinson's disease, namedAfter, James Parkinson]
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A.
Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes was an English physician, chemist, and early pioneer of pneumatic medicine known for his progressive scientific and political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Jean-Jacques Barre
Jean-Jacques Barre was a 19th-century French engraver and medalist best known for his influential work designing official state emblems and currency.
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C.
William Price
William Price was an 18th-century architect and builder active in colonial Boston, known for his work on prominent structures such as the Old North Church.
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D.
Bernard Lintot
Bernard Lintot was an early 18th-century English bookseller and publisher best known for issuing works by major literary figures such as Alexander Pope.
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E.
James Braid
James Braid was a prominent Scottish professional golfer and course architect, renowned as one of the "Great Triumvirate" who dominated the sport in the early 20th century.
- 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: James Parkinson Target entity description: James Parkinson was an English surgeon and apothecary best known for his 1817 description of the neurological condition that would later bear his name, Parkinson's disease.
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A.
Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes was an English physician, chemist, and early pioneer of pneumatic medicine known for his progressive scientific and political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Jean-Jacques Barre
Jean-Jacques Barre was a 19th-century French engraver and medalist best known for his influential work designing official state emblems and currency.
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C.
William Price
William Price was an 18th-century architect and builder active in colonial Boston, known for his work on prominent structures such as the Old North Church.
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D.
Bernard Lintot
Bernard Lintot was an early 18th-century English bookseller and publisher best known for issuing works by major literary figures such as Alexander Pope.
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E.
James Braid
James Braid was a prominent Scottish professional golfer and course architect, renowned as one of the "Great Triumvirate" who dominated the sport in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apothecary
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human ⓘ medical treatise ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ physician ⓘ political activist ⓘ surgeon ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| author | James Parkinson self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1755-04-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1824-12-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
London Hospital Medical College
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surface form:
London Hospital Medical College (informal training context)
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| employer | Hoxton Square practice, London ⓘ |
| era |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName |
Parkinson's disease
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surface form:
Parkinson
|
| fieldOfWork |
geology
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medicine ⓘ neurology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| knownFor |
An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
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description of Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| movement |
political radicalism in Britain
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social reform ⓘ |
| name | James Parkinson self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Parkinson self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| notableIdea | clinical characterization of shaking palsy as a distinct disease ⓘ |
| notableWork | An Essay on the Shaking Palsy ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
apothecary
ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ physician ⓘ political activist ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shoreditch, London, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1817 ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Dale ⓘ |
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: James Parkinson Description of subject: James Parkinson was an English surgeon and apothecary best known for his 1817 description of the neurological condition that would later bear his name, Parkinson's disease.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
subject surface form:
Parkinson's disease