Macaulay Connor
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Macaulay Connor is the fictional cynical reporter and love interest in Philip Barry’s play "The Philadelphia Story," later portrayed by James Stewart in the classic 1940 film adaptation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macaulay Connor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1355731 — 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: Macaulay Connor Context triple: [Mike Connor, basedOn, Macaulay Connor]
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A.
Michael Coulter
Michael Coulter is a British cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the romantic comedy "Love Actually."
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B.
Stuart Maynard
Stuart Maynard is an English football manager best known for managing Notts County F.C. in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
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C.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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D.
David Reid
David Reid is a film producer known for his work on major British and international feature films, including the action spy movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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E.
Luca Firth
Luca Firth is one of British actor Colin Firth’s sons, known primarily for his connection to the acclaimed performer.
- 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: Macaulay Connor Target entity description: Macaulay Connor is the fictional cynical reporter and love interest in Philip Barry’s play "The Philadelphia Story," later portrayed by James Stewart in the classic 1940 film adaptation.
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A.
Michael Coulter
Michael Coulter is a British cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the romantic comedy "Love Actually."
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B.
Stuart Maynard
Stuart Maynard is an English football manager best known for managing Notts County F.C. in the lower tiers of the English football league system.
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C.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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D.
David Reid
David Reid is a film producer known for his work on major British and international feature films, including the action spy movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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E.
Luca Firth
Luca Firth is one of British actor Colin Firth’s sons, known primarily for his connection to the acclaimed performer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| adaptationNote | character retained with similar traits from stage play to 1940 film adaptation ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story (play) ⓘ
linked to:
The Philadelphia Story
|
| characterTrait | cynical ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Philip Barry ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Philadelphia Story (stage premiere 1939)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Philadelphia Story
|
| genreOfWork |
comedy of manners
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
outsider observer of upper-class society
ⓘ
romantic foil to C. K. Dexter Haven ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
C. K. Dexter Haven
ⓘ
linked to:
C. K. Dexter-Haven
Elizabeth Imbrie ⓘ
linked to:
Liz Imbrie
Tracy Lord ⓘ
linked to:
Tracy Samantha Lord
|
| occupation |
journalist
ⓘ
reporter ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Stewart ⓘ |
| roleInWork | love interest ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
class differences
ⓘ
marriage and divorce ⓘ personal integrity ⓘ |
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: Macaulay Connor Description of subject: Macaulay Connor is the fictional cynical reporter and love interest in Philip Barry’s play "The Philadelphia Story," later portrayed by James Stewart in the classic 1940 film adaptation.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.