Ned Schneebly
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Ned Schneebly is a timid, rule-abiding substitute teacher and former rocker from the film "School of Rock," whose identity and job are commandeered by his friend Dewey Finn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ned Schneebly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13004116 — 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 Schneebly Context triple: [Dewey Finn, friendOf, Ned Schneebly]
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A.
Ned Paley
Ned Paley is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Paley, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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B.
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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C.
Bruce Niles
Bruce Niles is a central character in Larry Kramer’s play "The Normal Heart," depicted as a closeted, image-conscious gay man whose struggle with the AIDS crisis contrasts with the more confrontational activism of other characters.
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D.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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E.
Ned Graham
Ned Graham is an American Christian minister and the youngest son of evangelist Billy Graham and author Ruth Bell Graham.
- 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 Schneebly Target entity description: Ned Schneebly is a timid, rule-abiding substitute teacher and former rocker from the film "School of Rock," whose identity and job are commandeered by his friend Dewey Finn.
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A.
Ned Paley
Ned Paley is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Paley, though specific widely known public achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
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B.
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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C.
Bruce Niles
Bruce Niles is a central character in Larry Kramer’s play "The Normal Heart," depicted as a closeted, image-conscious gay man whose struggle with the AIDS crisis contrasts with the more confrontational activism of other characters.
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D.
Joe Nussbaum
Joe Nussbaum is an American film and television director and producer known for his work on teen and comedy projects such as "Sleepover," "American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile," and various Disney Channel productions.
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E.
Ned Graham
Ned Graham is an American Christian minister and the youngest son of evangelist Billy Graham and author Ruth Bell Graham.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | character in School of Rock musical ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
School of Rock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
School of Rock (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | School of Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | rock music ⓘ |
| bandmateOf | Dewey Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| createdBy | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerInFilm | Horace Green Preparatory School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | School of Rock (2003 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerBand | No Vacancy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation |
rock guitarist
ⓘ
rock musician ⓘ |
| franchise | School of Rock franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Dewey Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn |
comedy film
ⓘ
music film ⓘ |
| hasRoommate | Dewey Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| householdMember |
Dewey Finn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patty Di Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| identityUsedBy | Dewey Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | guitar ⓘ |
| jobUsedBy | Dewey Finn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English-speaking character ⓘ |
| livesWith | Patty Di Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction |
allows Dewey Finn to stay in his apartment
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unknowingly lets Dewey impersonate him as a substitute teacher ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | conflicted between rock past and responsible present ⓘ |
| occupation | substitute teacher ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
rule-abiding
ⓘ
timid ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Mike White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToDeweyFinn |
best friend
GENERATED
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former bandmate GENERATED ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Patty Di Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesAt | Horace Green Preparatory School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Horace Green Preparatory School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2003 ⓘ |
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: Ned Schneebly Description of subject: Ned Schneebly is a timid, rule-abiding substitute teacher and former rocker from the film "School of Rock," whose identity and job are commandeered by his friend Dewey Finn.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dewey Finn