Ryan O'Reily
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Ryan O'Reily is a manipulative and street-smart Irish-American inmate known for his scheming and survival tactics in the HBO prison drama series "Oz."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ryan O'Reily canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4505363 — 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)
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Target entity: Ryan O'Reily Context triple: [Oz, mainCharacter, Ryan O'Reily]
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A.
Ryan O’Reilly
Ryan O’Reilly is a Canadian professional ice hockey center renowned for his two-way play, leadership, and Conn Smythe Trophy–winning performance in leading the St. Louis Blues to the 2019 Stanley Cup.
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B.
Kevin O'Connell
Kevin O'Connell is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback who serves as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
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C.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
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D.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
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E.
Matt O'Leary
Matt O'Leary is an American actor best known for his roles in early 2000s films such as the Spy Kids franchise and various independent and genre movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Ryan O'Reily Target entity description: Ryan O'Reily is a manipulative and street-smart Irish-American inmate known for his scheming and survival tactics in the HBO prison drama series "Oz."
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A.
Ryan O’Reilly
Ryan O’Reilly is a Canadian professional ice hockey center renowned for his two-way play, leadership, and Conn Smythe Trophy–winning performance in leading the St. Louis Blues to the 2019 Stanley Cup.
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B.
Kevin O'Connell
Kevin O'Connell is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback who serves as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
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C.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
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D.
Brian Routh
Brian Routh was a British performance artist and musician best known as one half of the avant-garde comedy and performance duo The Kipper Kids.
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E.
Matt O'Leary
Matt O'Leary is an American actor best known for his roles in early 2000s films such as the Spy Kids franchise and various independent and genre movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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prison inmate ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
moral ambiguity
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prison politics ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Tom Fontana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish-American ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Reily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Oz (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Oz season 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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prison drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Cyril O'Reily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | Oswald State Correctional Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedInUnit | Emerald City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
manipulative behavior
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scheming ⓘ street smarts ⓘ survival tactics ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | inmate ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cunning
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manipulative ⓘ opportunistic ⓘ survivor mentality ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dean Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Oswald State Correctional Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ryan O'Reily Description of subject: Ryan O'Reily is a manipulative and street-smart Irish-American inmate known for his scheming and survival tactics in the HBO prison drama series "Oz."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oz (TV series)