John H. Rowe
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John H. Rowe was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on Andean civilizations, particularly the Inca.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John H. Rowe canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908432 — 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 H. Rowe Context triple: [John Tooby, hasAcademicAdvisor, John H. Rowe]
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A.
Richard A. Rowland
Richard A. Rowland was an early American film executive and studio head who played a key role in the development of Hollywood’s major studio system.
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B.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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C.
Jerrold R. Zacharias
Jerrold R. Zacharias was an American physicist best known for his work on radar development during World War II and for pioneering the atomic clock.
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D.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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E.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
- 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 H. Rowe Target entity description: John H. Rowe was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on Andean civilizations, particularly the Inca.
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A.
Richard A. Rowland
Richard A. Rowland was an early American film executive and studio head who played a key role in the development of Hollywood’s major studio system.
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B.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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C.
Jerrold R. Zacharias
Jerrold R. Zacharias was an American physicist best known for his work on radar development during World War II and for pioneering the atomic clock.
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D.
Robert H. Richards
Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
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E.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American anthropologist
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American archaeologist ⓘ anthropologist ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
archaeology of South America
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cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Andean region
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surface form:
Andes region
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Rowe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Andean studies
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Inca studies ⓘ anthropology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential work in Andean archaeology
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research on Andean civilizations ⓘ research on the Inca civilization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John H. Rowe self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing subsequent generations of Andeanist scholars
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shaping modern understanding of Inca political and social organization ⓘ |
| notableWork |
chronological studies of Andean cultures
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studies of Inca state and society ⓘ |
| occupation | university professor ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Andean prehistory
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Inca Empire ⓘ pre-Columbian civilizations ⓘ |
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: John H. Rowe Description of subject: John H. Rowe was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his influential research on Andean civilizations, particularly the Inca.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.