John Agar
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John Agar was an American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns and 1950s science fiction movies, and for his early marriage to Shirley Temple.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Agar canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4337429 — 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 Agar Context triple: [She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, starring, John Agar]
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A.
Efrem Zimbalist
Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
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B.
John Forsythe
John Forsythe was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Bachelor Father," "Dynasty," and as the voice of Charlie in "Charlie's Angels."
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C.
Laird Cregar
Laird Cregar was an American character actor of the early 1940s, known for his imposing presence and memorable performances in film noir and period dramas.
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D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
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E.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
- 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 Agar Target entity description: John Agar was an American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns and 1950s science fiction movies, and for his early marriage to Shirley Temple.
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A.
Efrem Zimbalist
Efrem Zimbalist was a renowned Russian-American violinist, composer, and influential pedagogue of the 20th century.
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B.
John Forsythe
John Forsythe was an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Bachelor Father," "Dynasty," and as the voice of Charlie in "Charlie's Angels."
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C.
Laird Cregar
Laird Cregar was an American character actor of the early 1940s, known for his imposing presence and memorable performances in film noir and period dramas.
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D.
Roy Harlow
Roy Harlow was the husband of silent film actress Marie Mosquini, known primarily in relation to her career in early American cinema.
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E.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor best known for his starring roles in the television series "77 Sunset Strip" and "The F.B.I."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | John George Agar Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Riverside National Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | emphysema ⓘ |
| child | Linda Susan Agar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Henry Fonda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Maureen O'Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-01-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-04-07 ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0012945 ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | marriage to Shirley Temple ended in 1950 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | marriage to Shirley Temple began in 1945 ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Agar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
roles in 1950s science fiction films
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roles in Western films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fort Apache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Revenge of the Creature NERFINISHED ⓘ Sands of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarantula NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mole People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Burbank, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse |
Loretta Combs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shirley Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–2000s ⓘ |
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: John Agar Description of subject: John Agar was an American film actor best known for his roles in Westerns and 1950s science fiction movies, and for his early marriage to Shirley Temple.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sands of Iwo Jima