James Tupper as Steve Nolan
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James Tupper as Steve Nolan is a character played by Canadian actor James Tupper in the television series "American Woman," serving as the ex-husband whose actions and relationship dynamics significantly shape the protagonist's journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Tupper as Steve Nolan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4559912 — 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: James Tupper as Steve Nolan Context triple: [American Woman, portrays, James Tupper as Steve Nolan]
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A.
David Nolan
David Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including politicians, athletes, and fictional characters.
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B.
Stephen Nolan
Stephen Nolan is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter best known for his hard-hitting phone-in and current affairs shows on BBC platforms.
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C.
Ken Nolan
Ken Nolan is an American screenwriter best known for adapting Mark Bowden’s nonfiction book into the acclaimed war film "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
Robert Nolan
Robert Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including arts, sports, and public life.
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E.
Kevin Nolan
Kevin Nolan is an English former professional footballer best known as a goal-scoring midfielder for clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, and West Ham United.
- 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: James Tupper as Steve Nolan Target entity description: James Tupper as Steve Nolan is a character played by Canadian actor James Tupper in the television series "American Woman," serving as the ex-husband whose actions and relationship dynamics significantly shape the protagonist's journey.
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A.
David Nolan
David Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals, including politicians, athletes, and fictional characters.
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B.
Stephen Nolan
Stephen Nolan is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter best known for his hard-hitting phone-in and current affairs shows on BBC platforms.
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C.
Ken Nolan
Ken Nolan is an American screenwriter best known for adapting Mark Bowden’s nonfiction book into the acclaimed war film "Black Hawk Down."
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D.
Robert Nolan
Robert Nolan is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including arts, sports, and public life.
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E.
Kevin Nolan
Kevin Nolan is an English former professional footballer best known as a goal-scoring midfielder for clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Newcastle United, and West Ham United.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional television character
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television role ⓘ |
| appearsIn | American Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divorce and starting over
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female empowerment ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ |
| basedOn | a character inspired by Kyle Richards’ real-life experiences ⓘ |
| characterRelationship | former spouse of Bonnie Nolan ⓘ |
| characterType | supporting character ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfActor | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| influences | protagonist’s independence arc ⓘ |
| inUniverseStatus | divorced ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | catalyst for the protagonist’s personal growth ⓘ |
| network | Paramount Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleasePlatform | cable television ⓘ |
| partOfCastType | main cast ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Tupper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
John Wells Productions
NERFINISHED
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Warner Horizon Scripted Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInStory | ex-husband of the protagonist ⓘ |
| significance | his actions and relationship dynamics shape the protagonist’s journey ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: James Tupper as Steve Nolan Description of subject: James Tupper as Steve Nolan is a character played by Canadian actor James Tupper in the television series "American Woman," serving as the ex-husband whose actions and relationship dynamics significantly shape the protagonist's journey.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.