Ned Broy
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Ned Broy was an Irish intelligence officer and double agent who secretly aided Michael Collins and the IRA by passing crucial information from within the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ned Broy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11171291 — 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: Ned Broy Context triple: [Michael Collins (film), hasPortrayalOf, Ned Broy]
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A.
Ned Graham
Ned Graham is an American Christian minister and the youngest son of evangelist Billy Graham and author Ruth Bell Graham.
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B.
Ned Daly
Ned Daly was an Irish republican leader and commandant in the 1916 Easter Rising who was executed by British forces for his role in the rebellion.
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C.
Ned Weeks
Ned Weeks is the passionate, confrontational writer and activist who leads the fight for recognition and action during the early AIDS crisis in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart."
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D.
Ned Racine
Ned Racine is the morally conflicted small-town Florida lawyer who becomes entangled in a deadly affair and murder plot in the neo-noir film "Body Heat."
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E.
Ned Martin
Ned Martin was a renowned American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio and television voice of the Boston Red Sox.
- 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: Ned Broy Target entity description: Ned Broy was an Irish intelligence officer and double agent who secretly aided Michael Collins and the IRA by passing crucial information from within the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
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A.
Ned Graham
Ned Graham is an American Christian minister and the youngest son of evangelist Billy Graham and author Ruth Bell Graham.
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B.
Ned Daly
Ned Daly was an Irish republican leader and commandant in the 1916 Easter Rising who was executed by British forces for his role in the rebellion.
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C.
Ned Weeks
Ned Weeks is the passionate, confrontational writer and activist who leads the fight for recognition and action during the early AIDS crisis in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart."
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D.
Ned Racine
Ned Racine is the morally conflicted small-town Florida lawyer who becomes entangled in a deadly affair and murder plot in the neo-noir film "Body Heat."
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E.
Ned Martin
Ned Martin was a renowned American sportscaster best known as the longtime radio and television voice of the Boston Red Sox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish intelligence officer
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double agent ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity | passing confidential police information to the IRA ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
Irish revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| cause | Irish independence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| employer |
Dublin Metropolitan Police
ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin Metropolitan Police District
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| genreOfWork | intelligence gathering ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dublin Metropolitan Police
ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin Metropolitan Police District
|
| movement | Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| notableEvent | covert collaboration with Michael Collins ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acting as a double agent inside the Dublin Metropolitan Police
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passing information to the Irish Republican Army ⓘ secretly aiding Michael Collins ⓘ |
| notableRole | mole inside Dublin Metropolitan Police for the IRA ⓘ |
| occupation |
intelligence officer
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police officer ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British authorities in Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
British administration in Ireland
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| participatedIn | Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| supported |
Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
Michael Collins ⓘ |
| workLocation | Dublin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ned Broy Description of subject: Ned Broy was an Irish intelligence officer and double agent who secretly aided Michael Collins and the IRA by passing crucial information from within the Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.