Shaun
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Shaun is the hapless yet determined protagonist of the British zombie comedy film "Shaun of the Dead," known for his slacker lifestyle and reluctant heroism during a zombie outbreak.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaun canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5141991 — 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: Shaun Context triple: [Simon Pegg, portrays, Shaun]
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A.
Shaun
Shaun is a given name associated with the English actor Sean Bean, known for his roles in film and television such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones."
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B.
Shawn
Shawn is a given name, typically a variant of the name John or Sean, used primarily in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Trevor
Trevor is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, known for its proximity to the UNESCO-listed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal.
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D.
Trevor
Trevor is a masculine given name of English origin commonly used in the UK and other English-speaking countries.
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E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- 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: Shaun Target entity description: Shaun is the hapless yet determined protagonist of the British zombie comedy film "Shaun of the Dead," known for his slacker lifestyle and reluctant heroism during a zombie outbreak.
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A.
Shaun
Shaun is a given name associated with the English actor Sean Bean, known for his roles in film and television such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Game of Thrones."
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B.
Shawn
Shawn is a given name, typically a variant of the name John or Sean, used primarily in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Trevor
Trevor is a masculine given name of English origin commonly used in the UK and other English-speaking countries.
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D.
Trevor
Trevor is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, known for its proximity to the UNESCO-listed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal.
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E.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shaun of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cornetto ice cream
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winchester rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterArc | transitions from apathetic slacker to responsible leader ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Edgar Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Simon Pegg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Shaun of the Dead (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequents | The Winchester Tavern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
horror comedy film
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zombie comedy film ⓘ |
| hasFlatmate | Pete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Ed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGirlfriend | Liz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
determined
ⓘ
hapless ⓘ reluctant hero ⓘ slacker ⓘ |
| hasStepfather | Philip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStepmother | Barbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humorStyle | deadpan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livesIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAction | leads group to The Winchester during zombie outbreak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | survives zombie outbreak in London ⓘ |
| notableScene |
pretends to be a zombie to pass through a crowd of zombies
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throws records at zombies in backyard ⓘ |
| occupation | electronics store employee ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (as a character in first film) ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Simon Pegg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusAtEnd | reconciled with Liz ⓘ |
| relationshipStatusAtStart | in strained relationship with Liz ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | vinyl records ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | cricket bat ⓘ |
| worksAt | Foree Electronics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Shaun Description of subject: Shaun is the hapless yet determined protagonist of the British zombie comedy film "Shaun of the Dead," known for his slacker lifestyle and reluctant heroism during a zombie outbreak.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.