John
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John is the given name of Lord Acton, the 19th-century English historian and politician famous for the maxim "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9702148 — 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.
Target entity: John Context triple: [Lord Acton, givenName, John]
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John
John is the nickname of John Riggins, a former American football running back best known for his Hall of Fame career with the Washington Redskins in the NFL.
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John is the given name of the American composer John Luther Adams, known for his works inspired by nature and environmental themes.
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John is the given name of John Adams, the prominent American minimalist and post-minimalist composer known for works like "Nixon in China" and "Short Ride in a Fast Machine."
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John
John is the given name of John Boyd-Carpenter, a prominent British Conservative politician who served in several senior government positions in the mid-20th century.
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John
John is the given name of actor John Cho, a Korean American performer known for roles in the "Harold & Kumar" films and the "Star Trek" reboot series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Target entity description: John is the given name of Lord Acton, the 19th-century English historian and politician famous for the maxim "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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John
John is the given name of the influential English philosopher John Locke, a key figure in empiricism and liberal political theory.
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John is the given name of Lord Palmerston, the 19th-century British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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John is the given name of John Ruskin, the influential 19th-century English art critic, social thinker, and writer.
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John is the given name of the 19th-century British philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill, a key figure in liberal thought and utilitarianism.
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John
John is the given name of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, a prominent 19th-century British statesman and Prime Minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lord Acton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedIn |
history
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Acton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history
ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
ⓘ
political essays ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
liberal political thought
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modern views on power and corruption ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | classical liberalism ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | 1st Baron Acton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
historical scholarship
ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ maxim about power and corruption ⓘ political thought ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
link between power and corruption
ⓘ
moral critique of political power ⓘ |
| notableQuote | Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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politician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the British Parliament ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: John Description of subject: John is the given name of Lord Acton, the 19th-century English historian and politician famous for the maxim "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.