McGann acting family
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The McGann acting family is a British family of performers best known for several brothers, including Paul McGann, who have had prominent careers in film, television, and theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGann acting family canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2386374 — 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: McGann acting family Context triple: [Paul McGann, memberOf, McGann acting family]
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A.
Streep–Gummer family
The Streep–Gummer family is an American acting dynasty centered around acclaimed actress Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer, whose children, including Mamie Gummer, have also pursued careers in the arts.
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B.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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C.
McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
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D.
Affleck family
The Affleck family is an American family best known for including actors Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck, prominent figures in contemporary film and television.
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E.
Sullivan family
The Sullivan family is a prominent New England sports family best known for owning the New England Patriots and playing a key role in the development of Foxboro Stadium.
- 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: McGann acting family Target entity description: The McGann acting family is a British family of performers best known for several brothers, including Paul McGann, who have had prominent careers in film, television, and theatre.
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A.
Streep–Gummer family
The Streep–Gummer family is an American acting dynasty centered around acclaimed actress Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer, whose children, including Mamie Gummer, have also pursued careers in the arts.
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B.
McGuire
McGuire is a surname most notably associated with American actress Dorothy McGuire, known for her work in classic Hollywood films.
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C.
McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
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D.
Affleck family
The Affleck family is an American family best known for including actors Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck, prominent figures in contemporary film and television.
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E.
Sullivan family
The Sullivan family is a prominent New England sports family best known for owning the New England Patriots and playing a key role in the development of Foxboro Stadium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British family
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acting family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drama
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performing arts ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
film drama
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stage drama ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Joe McGann
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Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| hasNotableLineageMember |
Joe McGann
ⓘ
Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acting
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film performance ⓘ television performance ⓘ theatre performance ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Joe McGann
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Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| siblingGroupIncludes |
Joe McGann
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Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
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: McGann acting family Description of subject: The McGann acting family is a British family of performers best known for several brothers, including Paul McGann, who have had prominent careers in film, television, and theatre.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.