McGann
E260899
McGann is an Irish-origin surname notably associated with a family of English actors, including Paul McGann.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGann canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2386345 — 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: McGann Context triple: [Paul McGann, familyName, McGann]
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A.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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B.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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C.
McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
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D.
McGraw
McGraw is a surname most famously associated with John McGraw, the legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager of the New York Giants.
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E.
MacEoghain
MacEoghain is a Gaelic surname and given name form historically related to the name Owen, reflecting its Celtic linguistic and cultural roots.
- 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: McGann Target entity description: McGann is an Irish-origin surname notably associated with a family of English actors, including Paul McGann.
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A.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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B.
Maginnes
Maginnes is the maiden surname of Nancy Maginnes Kissinger, an American philanthropist and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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C.
McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
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D.
McGraw
McGraw is a surname most famously associated with John McGraw, the legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball manager of the New York Giants.
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E.
MacEoghain
MacEoghain is a Gaelic surname and given name form historically related to the name Owen, reflecting its Celtic linguistic and cultural roots.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ family ⓘ family name ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
McGann
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McGann ⓘ McGann ⓘ McGann ⓘ McGann ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Joe
ⓘ
Mark ⓘ Paul ⓘ Stephen ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Joe McGann
ⓘ
Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| hasNationality |
English
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English ⓘ English ⓘ English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Joe McGann
ⓘ
Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| hasNotableFamily | McGann acting family ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Joe McGann
ⓘ
Joe McGann ⓘ Joe McGann ⓘ Mark McGann ⓘ Mark McGann ⓘ Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
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: McGann Description of subject: McGann is an Irish-origin surname notably associated with a family of English actors, including Paul McGann.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.