John Cooke
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John Cooke was a Mayflower passenger and early settler of Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow Pilgrim Francis Cooke.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Cooke canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2729620 — 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 Cooke Context triple: [Francis Cooke, child, John Cooke]
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A.
Francis Cooke
Francis Cooke was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim settler who voyaged on the Mayflower and became one of the founders of Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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B.
Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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C.
Donald Cook
Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
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D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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E.
John Overton
John Overton was an early American judge, land speculator, and close associate of Andrew Jackson who played a key role in the development of Tennessee.
- 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 Cooke Target entity description: John Cooke was a Mayflower passenger and early settler of Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow Pilgrim Francis Cooke.
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A.
Francis Cooke
Francis Cooke was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim settler who voyaged on the Mayflower and became one of the founders of Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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B.
Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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C.
Donald Cook
Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor active in the early to mid-20th century, known for his roles in both Broadway productions and Hollywood movies.
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D.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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E.
John Overton
John Overton was an early American judge, land speculator, and close associate of Andrew Jackson who played a key role in the development of Tennessee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mayflower passenger
ⓘ
Plymouth Colony settler ⓘ person ⓘ |
| ageOnMayflowerVoyage | about 13 ⓘ |
| arrivalYearInNewEngland | 1620 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pilgrims
ⓘ
Plymouth Congregational Church ⓘ
surface form:
Plymouth church
|
| birthDate | 1607 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Leiden ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
|
| child | John Cooke self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| citizenship | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| colony | Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1695 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
|
| ethnicOrigin | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Cooke ⓘ |
| father | Francis Cooke ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a Mayflower passenger
ⓘ
being son of Francis Cooke ⓘ early settlement of Dartmouth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReligion | Baptist ⓘ |
| mother | Hester Mahieu ⓘ |
| motherTongue | English ⓘ |
| notableDescendantStatus | ancestor of many New England families ⓘ |
| participatedIn | founding of Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
| passenger | John Cooke self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| passengerOn | Mayflower ⓘ |
| religion | Separatist ⓘ |
| residence |
Dartmouth, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
Plymouth, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
|
| role |
freeman of Plymouth Colony
ⓘ
town officer in Dartmouth ⓘ |
| spouse |
John Cooke
ⓘ
Sarah Warren ⓘ |
| voyage | 1620 voyage of the Mayflower ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: John Cooke Description of subject: John Cooke was a Mayflower passenger and early settler of Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow Pilgrim Francis Cooke.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Francis Cooke
subject surface form:
Mayflower