Nolan family
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The Nolan family is an Irish acting dynasty known for its multi-generational involvement in theatre and performance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nolan family canonical | 13 |
| Nolan family (American Woman) | 1 |
| Thomas–Nolan family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9104424 — 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: Nolan family Context triple: [Rory Nolan, notableFamily, Nolan family]
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A.
Noland family
The Noland family is a historically significant family closely linked to the heritage and legacy represented by the Noland Home.
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B.
Walker family
The Walker family is a prominent American political and business dynasty closely connected to the Bush family through generations of influence and public service.
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C.
Walker family
The Walker family is the central fictional family in the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters," around whom the show's personal and political storylines revolve.
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D.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
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E.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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: Nolan family Target entity description: The Nolan family is an Irish acting dynasty known for its multi-generational involvement in theatre and performance.
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A.
Noland family
The Noland family is a historically significant family closely linked to the heritage and legacy represented by the Noland Home.
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B.
Walker family
The Walker family is a prominent American political and business dynasty closely connected to the Bush family through generations of influence and public service.
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C.
Walker family
The Walker family is the central fictional family in the television drama series "Brothers & Sisters," around whom the show's personal and political storylines revolve.
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D.
Martin family
The Martin family is a central, long-running fictional family on the soap opera "All My Children," known for its multigenerational storylines and key role in the series' drama.
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E.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (9)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish family
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acting family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Irish people ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
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performance ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
Irish acting dynasty
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multi-generational involvement in theatre ⓘ |
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: Nolan family Description of subject: The Nolan family is an Irish acting dynasty known for its multi-generational involvement in theatre and performance.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.