Conroy
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Conroy is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and politics.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8725238 — 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: Conroy Context triple: [Frances Conroy, familyName, Conroy]
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A.
Jack Conroy
Jack Conroy is a cinematographer best known for his work on the acclaimed film "My Left Foot."
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B.
Corrigan
Corrigan is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as religion, politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
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D.
Jack O'Callahan
Jack O'Callahan is an American former defenseman best known for being part of the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. team that won gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics before going on to play in the NHL.
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E.
Scott O’Connor
Scott O’Connor is one of the sons of John Jay O’Connor III and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
- 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: Conroy Target entity description: Conroy is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and politics.
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A.
Jack Conroy
Jack Conroy is a cinematographer best known for his work on the acclaimed film "My Left Foot."
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B.
Corrigan
Corrigan is an Irish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures in fields such as religion, politics, sports, and entertainment.
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C.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
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D.
Jack O'Callahan
Jack O'Callahan is an American former defenseman best known for being part of the "Miracle on Ice" U.S. team that won gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics before going on to play in the NHL.
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E.
Scott O’Connor
Scott O’Connor is one of the sons of John Jay O’Connor III and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisationOf | Ó Conaire ⓘ |
| hasCountryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName |
Conroy
ⓘ
Conroy ⓘ Conroy ⓘ Conroy ⓘ Conroy ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Kevin
ⓘ
Pat ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Frank Conroy
ⓘ
Jack Conroy ⓘ Kevin Conroy ⓘ Pat Conroy ⓘ Tom Conroy ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Conary
ⓘ
Conry ⓘ
linked to:
Conroy
O'Conroy ⓘ
linked to:
Conroy
|
| notableFor | voicing Batman ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Great Santini
ⓘ
The Prince of Tides ⓘ
linked to:
The Prince of Tides (novel)
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ politician ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname ⓘ |
| usedBy | multiple people ⓘ |
| usedInField |
academia
ⓘ
acting ⓘ law ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ politics ⓘ sports ⓘ |
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: Conroy Description of subject: Conroy is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and politics.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.