Alan McNeil
E694562
Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alan McNeil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7809652 — 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: Alan McNeil Context triple: [The Cat's-Paw, editedBy, Alan McNeil]
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A.
Martyn Phillips
Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
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B.
Tony Hadley
Tony Hadley is an English pop singer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet.
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C.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
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D.
Andy Gill
Andy Gill is a film editor known for his work on projects such as the 2006 film "The Fall."
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E.
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter is the rebellious, pirate-radio–hosting teenager who challenges authority and inspires his peers in the 1990 cult film "Pump Up the Volume."
- 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: Alan McNeil Target entity description: Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
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A.
Martyn Phillips
Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
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B.
Tony Hadley
Tony Hadley is an English pop singer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1980s new wave band Spandau Ballet.
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C.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
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D.
Andy Gill
Andy Gill is a film editor known for his work on projects such as the 2006 film "The Fall."
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E.
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter is the rebellious, pirate-radio–hosting teenager who challenges authority and inspires his peers in the 1990 cult film "Pump Up the Volume."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (5)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | editor ⓘ |
| knownFor | editing "The Cat's-Paw" ⓘ |
| notableWork | "The Cat's-Paw" ⓘ |
| occupation | editor ⓘ |
| roleInWork | editor of "The Cat's-Paw" ⓘ |
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: Alan McNeil Description of subject: Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.