McTiernan
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McTiernan is a surname most notably associated with American film director John McTiernan, known for action classics like "Die Hard" and "Predator."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McTiernan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6660559 — 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: McTiernan Context triple: [John McTiernan, familyName, McTiernan]
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A.
Kloves
Kloves is the surname of American screenwriter and film director Steve Kloves, best known for adapting most of the Harry Potter novels for the screen.
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B.
Leitch
Leitch is a Scottish surname most notably associated with Archibald Leitch, a pioneering early 20th-century football stadium architect.
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C.
Cis Corman
Cis Corman was an American casting director and film producer known for her long-time collaboration with Barbra Streisand on several major films.
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D.
Guillermin
Guillermin is a French-origin surname most notably associated with British film director John Guillermin, known for works such as "The Towering Inferno" and the 1976 remake of "King Kong."
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E.
Conrad Riggs
Conrad Riggs is a television producer best known for his executive production work on major reality TV franchises, including "The Apprentice."
- 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: McTiernan Target entity description: McTiernan is a surname most notably associated with American film director John McTiernan, known for action classics like "Die Hard" and "Predator."
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A.
Kloves
Kloves is the surname of American screenwriter and film director Steve Kloves, best known for adapting most of the Harry Potter novels for the screen.
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B.
Leitch
Leitch is a Scottish surname most notably associated with Archibald Leitch, a pioneering early 20th-century football stadium architect.
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C.
Cis Corman
Cis Corman was an American casting director and film producer known for her long-time collaboration with Barbra Streisand on several major films.
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D.
Guillermin
Guillermin is a French-origin surname most notably associated with British film director John Guillermin, known for works such as "The Towering Inferno" and the 1976 remake of "King Kong."
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E.
Conrad Riggs
Conrad Riggs is a television producer best known for his executive production work on major reality TV franchises, including "The Apprentice."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feature film
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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action film ⓘ action film ⓘ action film ⓘ romantic thriller film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ submarine film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableBearer | John McTiernan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Die Hard
ⓘ
linked to:
Die Hard (1988 film)
Die Hard with a Vengeance ⓘ Predator ⓘ The Hunt for Red October ⓘ The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
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: McTiernan Description of subject: McTiernan is a surname most notably associated with American film director John McTiernan, known for action classics like "Die Hard" and "Predator."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.