John
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John is the given name of Sir John H. Plumb, a prominent British historian known for his works on 18th-century England.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12473837 — 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 Context triple: [Sir John H. Plumb, givenName, John]
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John
John B. Magruder was a Confederate major general during the American Civil War, known for his leadership in the Peninsula Campaign and his flamboyant personality.
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John
John is the given name of John Howard, an Australian politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Australia.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Woodville, a 15th-century English nobleman associated with the influential Woodville family during the Wars of the Roses.
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John
John is the given name of John Foxe the Younger, an English clergyman and son of the martyrologist John Foxe.
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John
John is the given name of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, a prominent 19th-century British lawyer and Conservative politician who served three times as Lord Chancellor.
- 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 Target entity description: John is the given name of Sir John H. Plumb, a prominent British historian known for his works on 18th-century England.
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John
John is the given name of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, the renowned English general and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Trevor, a historical British political figure.
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John
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
John is the given name of Sir John Eliot, a prominent 17th-century English politician and leading parliamentary critic of King Charles I.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Anderson, a British civil servant and politician who played a key role in government during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.