McQuinn
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McQuinn is a surname of Irish or Scottish origin, likely a variant of the more common name Quinn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McQuinn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2823420 — 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: McQuinn Context triple: [Quinn, hasVariant, McQuinn]
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A.
Patrick John Quinn
Patrick John Quinn is an Irish comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work in stand-up comedy and television.
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B.
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and art-house films, including collaborations with directors like Neil Jordan and Jim Jarmusch.
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C.
Macaulay "Mike" Connor
Macaulay "Mike" Connor is the sharp-tongued, idealistic reporter who becomes romantically entangled with the wealthy socialite heroine in the classic film and play "The Philadelphia Story."
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D.
Seamus McGarvey
Seamus McGarvey is an acclaimed Irish cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films such as Atonement, Avengers Assemble, and Godzilla (2014).
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E.
Mullally
Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
- 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: McQuinn Target entity description: McQuinn is a surname of Irish or Scottish origin, likely a variant of the more common name Quinn.
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A.
Patrick John Quinn
Patrick John Quinn is an Irish comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work in stand-up comedy and television.
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B.
Declan Quinn
Declan Quinn is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and art-house films, including collaborations with directors like Neil Jordan and Jim Jarmusch.
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C.
Macaulay "Mike" Connor
Macaulay "Mike" Connor is the sharp-tongued, idealistic reporter who becomes romantically entangled with the wealthy socialite heroine in the classic film and play "The Philadelphia Story."
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D.
Seamus McGarvey
Seamus McGarvey is an acclaimed Irish cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films such as Atonement, Avengers Assemble, and Godzilla (2014).
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E.
Mullally
Mullally is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as entertainment, sports, and public service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRelationTo | Quinn ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Irish
ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ |
| hasPossibleVariantOf | Quinn ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| hasSpellingVariantPattern | prefix Mc- plus base Quinn ⓘ |
| hasUsageRegion |
Ireland
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| isClassifiedAs | Celtic surname ⓘ |
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: McQuinn Description of subject: McQuinn is a surname of Irish or Scottish origin, likely a variant of the more common name Quinn.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.