Edward McDonnell
E381132
Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward McDonnell canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2350516 — 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: Edward McDonnell Context triple: [Insomnia (2002 film), producer, Edward McDonnell]
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A.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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B.
Christopher G. Kennedy
Christopher G. Kennedy is an American businessman and member of the Kennedy political family, known for his work in real estate and public service in Illinois.
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C.
Tom Callaghan
Tom Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Callaghan.
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D.
Michael J. Durkan
Michael J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Durkan surname, though specific widely known public details about him are limited.
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E.
Patrick Joseph Moran
Patrick Joseph Moran was an early 20th-century American Major League Baseball catcher and manager, best known for leading the Cincinnati Reds to a World Series championship in 1919.
- 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: Edward McDonnell Target entity description: Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
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A.
Joseph B. Keenan
Joseph B. Keenan was an American lawyer and U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served as the chief prosecutor in the post–World War II Tokyo war crimes trials.
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B.
Christopher G. Kennedy
Christopher G. Kennedy is an American businessman and member of the Kennedy political family, known for his work in real estate and public service in Illinois.
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C.
Tom Callaghan
Tom Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically cited as a prominent bearer of the surname Callaghan.
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D.
Michael J. Durkan
Michael J. Durkan is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Durkan surname, though specific widely known public details about him are limited.
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E.
Patrick Joseph Moran
Patrick Joseph Moran was an early 20th-century American Major League Baseball catcher and manager, best known for leading the Cincinnati Reds to a World Series championship in 1919.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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film producer ⓘ |
| genre | psychological thriller film ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | psychological thriller films ⓘ |
| notableWork | Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
| occupation | film producer ⓘ |
| producer | Edward McDonnell ⓘ |
| workedOn | Insomnia (2002 film) ⓘ |
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: Edward McDonnell Description of subject: Edward McDonnell is a film producer known for his work on movies such as the psychological thriller "Insomnia" (2002).
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Edward McDonnell