Harry Shannon
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Harry Shannon was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures or rugged Western characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry Shannon canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043246 — 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: Harry Shannon Context triple: [Kansas Pacific, starring, Harry Shannon]
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A.
Bobby McDermott
Bobby McDermott was an American professional basketball guard widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the pre-NBA era, known for his prolific scoring and multiple championships in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy was an American jazz drummer best known for his long tenure with Doc Severinsen’s band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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C.
Ralph Sheldon
Ralph Sheldon is a film editor known for his work on the 1967 British comedy-drama "Charlie Bubbles."
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D.
Ray Schalk
Ray Schalk was an American Major League Baseball catcher renowned for his defensive prowess and leadership, primarily with the Chicago White Sox in the early 20th century.
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E.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
- 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: Harry Shannon Target entity description: Harry Shannon was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures or rugged Western characters.
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A.
Bobby McDermott
Bobby McDermott was an American professional basketball guard widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the pre-NBA era, known for his prolific scoring and multiple championships in the 1930s and 1940s.
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B.
Ed Shaughnessy
Ed Shaughnessy was an American jazz drummer best known for his long tenure with Doc Severinsen’s band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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C.
Ralph Sheldon
Ralph Sheldon is a film editor known for his work on the 1967 British comedy-drama "Charlie Bubbles."
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D.
Ray Schalk
Ray Schalk was an American Major League Baseball catcher renowned for his defensive prowess and leadership, primarily with the Chicago White Sox in the early 20th century.
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E.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Citizen Kane
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High Noon ⓘ Pursued ⓘ The Big Tree ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Trees
The Fighting Sullivans ⓘ The Jolson Story ⓘ The Lady from Shanghai ⓘ The Red Pony ⓘ The Strawberry Blonde ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Shannon ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying authority figures
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portraying rugged Western characters ⓘ supporting roles in mid-20th-century American films ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Harry Shannon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Citizen Kane
ⓘ
High Noon ⓘ Pursued ⓘ The Big Tree ⓘ The Fighting Sullivans ⓘ The Jolson Story ⓘ The Lady from Shanghai ⓘ The Red Pony ⓘ The Strawberry Blonde ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Jim Kane in Citizen Kane
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Martin Howe in High Noon ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Harry Shannon Description of subject: Harry Shannon was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television, often portraying authority figures or rugged Western characters.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.