John Bradley
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John Bradley was a United States Navy corpsman best known as one of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, famously depicted in the iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Bradley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7335583 — 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 Bradley Context triple: [Sands of Iwo Jima, featuresCameoAppearanceBy, John Bradley]
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A.
Andrew Brooke
Andrew Brooke is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas and series, including the 2013 miniseries "The Bible."
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B.
John Bunn
John Bunn was an American basketball coach and administrator known for his influential roles in college basketball and contributions to the sport’s development.
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C.
John Lyons
John Lyons is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the Austin Powers series.
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D.
Peter Bryant
Peter Bryant was a British television producer best known for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who during the late 1960s.
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E.
Christopher Barclay
Christopher Barclay is the husband of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
- 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 Bradley Target entity description: John Bradley was a United States Navy corpsman best known as one of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, famously depicted in the iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."
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A.
Andrew Brooke
Andrew Brooke is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas and series, including the 2013 miniseries "The Bible."
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B.
John Bunn
John Bunn was an American basketball coach and administrator known for his influential roles in college basketball and contributions to the sport’s development.
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C.
John Lyons
John Lyons is a film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood comedies, including the Austin Powers series.
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D.
Peter Bryant
Peter Bryant was a British television producer best known for his work on the science fiction series Doctor Who during the late 1960s.
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E.
Christopher Barclay
Christopher Barclay is the husband of acclaimed American television and film director Paris Barclay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Navy corpsman
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United States Navy sailor ⓘ World War II veteran ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Navy Cross
NERFINISHED
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Presidential Unit Citation NERFINISHED ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1923-07-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Antigo, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Queen of Peace Cemetery, Antigo, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| child | James Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coRaiserOfFlagWith |
Franklin Sousley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harlon Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Ira Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Strank NERFINISHED ⓘ Rene Gagnon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1994-01-11 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Antigo, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Bradley Funeral Home NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDepiction | Flags of Our Fathers (2006 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Henry Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSonWhoAuthored | Flags of Our Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being one of the U.S. flag raisers on Iwo Jima ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Pharmacist's Mate Second Class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
28th Marine Regiment (attached as Navy corpsman)
NERFINISHED
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5th Marine Division (attached as Navy corpsman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation | hospital corpsman ⓘ |
| photographDepictedIn | Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographerOfNotableImage | Joe Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Ryan Phillippe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postwarOccupation | funeral director ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Antigo, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | unknown ⓘ |
| spouse | Betty Van Gorp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Flags of Our Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Bradley Description of subject: John Bradley was a United States Navy corpsman best known as one of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, famously depicted in the iconic photograph "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.