John Sheppard
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John Sheppard, better known as Jack Sheppard, was an infamous early 18th-century English thief and prison escape artist whose daring breakouts made him a legendary folk figure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Sheppard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7139312 — 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 Sheppard Context triple: [Jack Sheppard, birthName, John Sheppard]
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A.
Timothy McGee
Timothy McGee is a technically skilled and intelligent NCIS special agent known for his computer expertise, analytical mind, and evolution from timid rookie to confident investigator on the TV series "NCIS."
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B.
John Hurley
John Hurley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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C.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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D.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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E.
Sam Harper
Sam Harper is a screenwriter best known for writing family-friendly comedy films such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Freaky Friday."
- 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 Sheppard Target entity description: John Sheppard, better known as Jack Sheppard, was an infamous early 18th-century English thief and prison escape artist whose daring breakouts made him a legendary folk figure.
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A.
Timothy McGee
Timothy McGee is a technically skilled and intelligent NCIS special agent known for his computer expertise, analytical mind, and evolution from timid rookie to confident investigator on the TV series "NCIS."
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B.
John Hurley
John Hurley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
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C.
Matt Kowalski
Matt Kowalski is a veteran NASA astronaut and spacewalker featured as a central character in the science fiction film "Gravity."
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D.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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E.
Sam Harper
Sam Harper is a screenwriter best known for writing family-friendly comedy films such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Freaky Friday."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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criminal ⓘ escape artist ⓘ folk hero ⓘ human ⓘ thief ⓘ |
| activePlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jack Sheppard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | hanging ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
burglary
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theft ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1702 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1724 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
broadsides
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contemporary pamphlets ⓘ popular ballads ⓘ |
| era | Georgian era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
18th-century popular culture
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later fictional outlaw characters ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
celebrated in popular imagination
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notorious for escaping confinement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | outlaw folk hero ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
final capture and execution in 1724
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multiple escapes from Newgate Prison ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming a legendary folk figure
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daring robberies ⓘ prison escapes ⓘ |
| occupation |
carpenter's apprentice
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thief ⓘ |
| partOf |
English criminal folklore
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history of crime in London ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfExecution | Tyburn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
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 Sheppard Description of subject: John Sheppard, better known as Jack Sheppard, was an infamous early 18th-century English thief and prison escape artist whose daring breakouts made him a legendary folk figure.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.