Benjamin Jowett
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Benjamin Jowett was a renowned 19th-century English theologian, classical scholar, and translator of Plato who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benjamin Jowett canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3013917 — 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: Benjamin Jowett Context triple: [Balliol College, Oxford, hasNotableFellow, Benjamin Jowett]
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A.
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott was a 19th-century British bishop, biblical scholar, and textual critic best known for his influential work on the Greek New Testament and its manuscript traditions.
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B.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
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C.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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D.
Charles Morris
Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
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E.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
- 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: Benjamin Jowett Target entity description: Benjamin Jowett was a renowned 19th-century English theologian, classical scholar, and translator of Plato who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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A.
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott was a 19th-century British bishop, biblical scholar, and textual critic best known for his influential work on the Greek New Testament and its manuscript traditions.
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B.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
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C.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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D.
Charles Morris
Charles Morris was a distinguished early 19th-century United States Navy officer noted for his valor and leadership during the War of 1812.
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E.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic administrator
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classical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Balliol College Chapel ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1817-04-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1893-10-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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St Paul's School, London ⓘ |
| employer |
Balliol College, Oxford
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Jowett ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classics
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philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical commentary
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philosophical translation ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| influenced | liberal Anglican theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek philosophy
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Plato ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Broad Church Anglicanism
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surface form:
Broad Church
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| name | Benjamin Jowett self-link ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Arnold Toynbee
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surface form:
Arnold Toynbee (historian, 1852–1883)
T. H. Green ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dialogues of Plato
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surface form:
The Dialogues of Plato Translated into English
commentary on the Epistles of St Paul ⓘ translation of Plato's dialogues ⓘ translation of Thucydides ⓘ |
| occupation |
classical scholar
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college head ⓘ theologian ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Camberwell
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England ⓘ Surrey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Master of Balliol College, Oxford
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Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford ⓘ Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Benjamin Jowett Description of subject: Benjamin Jowett was a renowned 19th-century English theologian, classical scholar, and translator of Plato who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.