J. H. “Doc” Holliday
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J. H. “Doc” Holliday was a notorious 19th-century American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist best known as a close associate of Wyatt Earp and a key figure in the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doc Holliday | 1 |
| J. H. “Doc” Holliday canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9924082 — 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: J. H. “Doc” Holliday Context triple: [Dodge City Peace Commission, hasMember, J. H. “Doc” Holliday]
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A.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok was a legendary 19th-century American frontiersman, lawman, and gunfighter whose exploits helped define the mythology of the Wild West.
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B.
Curly Bill Brocius
Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
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C.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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D.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp was a famed American lawman and gambler of the Old West, best known for his role in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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E.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- 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: J. H. “Doc” Holliday Target entity description: J. H. “Doc” Holliday was a notorious 19th-century American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist best known as a close associate of Wyatt Earp and a key figure in the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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A.
Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok was a legendary 19th-century American frontiersman, lawman, and gunfighter whose exploits helped define the mythology of the Wild West.
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B.
Curly Bill Brocius
Curly Bill Brocius is a notorious Old West outlaw and leader of the Cowboys gang, famously depicted as a central antagonist in the film "Tombstone."
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C.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is a 1994 American biographical Western film that chronicles the life of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring Kevin Costner in the title role.
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D.
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp was a famed American lawman and gambler of the Old West, best known for his role in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
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E.
Virgil Earp
Virgil Earp was an American Old West lawman best known as the older brother of Wyatt Earp and a key participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Old West figure
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dentist ⓘ gambler ⓘ gunfighter ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYears |
1870s
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1880s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Doc Holliday
NERFINISHED
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John Henry Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Morgan Earp
NERFINISHED
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Virgil Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1851-08-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Griffin, Georgia, United States
NERFINISHED
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Spalding County, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Wyatt Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culture | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1887-11-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dentistry
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professional gambling ⓘ |
| genre | American frontier folklore ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
card playing
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skill with a revolver ⓘ skill with a shotgun ⓘ |
| middleName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Wyatt Earp
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participation in events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ⓘ |
| occupation |
dentist
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gambler ⓘ gunfighter ⓘ |
| parent |
Alice Jane McKey Holliday
NERFINISHED
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Henry Burroughs Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Earp Vendetta Ride
NERFINISHED
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film "Tombstone" (1993)
NERFINISHED
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film "Wyatt Earp" (1994) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Martha Anne Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Denver, Colorado
NERFINISHED
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Dodge City, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenwood Springs, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Leadville, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Tombstone, Arizona Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticallyInvolvedWith | Big Nose Kate 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: J. H. “Doc” Holliday Description of subject: J. H. “Doc” Holliday was a notorious 19th-century American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist best known as a close associate of Wyatt Earp and a key figure in the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Doc Holliday