Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson is an American-born Australian actor and filmmaker known for starring in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" film series and directing the Academy Award–winning epic "Braveheart."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5293791 — 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: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson Context triple: [Mel Gibson, fullName, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson]
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Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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Seán Mac Stíofáin
Seán Mac Stíofáin was a prominent Irish republican and founding Chief of Staff of the Provisional IRA, known for his central role in the militant campaign during the early years of the Troubles.
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C.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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D.
Tomás Ó Curraoin
Tomás Ó Curraoin is an Irish republican socialist politician known for his leadership role within the Irish Republican Socialist Party and his long-standing involvement in left-wing republican activism.
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E.
Tomás Mac Giolla
Tomás Mac Giolla was an Irish republican politician and long-time leader of Official Sinn Féin who later became president of the Workers' Party and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
- 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: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson Target entity description: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson is an American-born Australian actor and filmmaker known for starring in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" film series and directing the Academy Award–winning epic "Braveheart."
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A.
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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B.
Seán Mac Stíofáin
Seán Mac Stíofáin was a prominent Irish republican and founding Chief of Staff of the Provisional IRA, known for his central role in the militant campaign during the early years of the Troubles.
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C.
Mac Diarmada
Mac Diarmada is an Irish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with a prominent clan in Connacht.
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D.
Tomás Ó Curraoin
Tomás Ó Curraoin is an Irish republican socialist politician known for his leadership role within the Irish Republican Socialist Party and his long-standing involvement in left-wing republican activism.
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E.
Tomás Mac Giolla
Tomás Mac Giolla was an Irish republican politician and long-time leader of Official Sinn Féin who later became president of the Workers' Party and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Director
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Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Director NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Braveheart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-01-03 ⓘ |
| directed |
Apocalypto
NERFINISHED
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Braveheart NERFINISHED ⓘ Hacksaw Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passion of the Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | National Institute of Dramatic Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Mel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Apocalypto
NERFINISHED
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Braveheart NERFINISHED ⓘ Hacksaw Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome NERFINISHED ⓘ The Passion of the Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mel Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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Australian ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Peekskill, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| residence | New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Robyn Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Bird on a Wire
NERFINISHED
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Braveheart NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallipoli NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Lethal Weapon 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome NERFINISHED ⓘ Ransom NERFINISHED ⓘ Signs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Patriot NERFINISHED ⓘ The Year of Living Dangerously NERFINISHED ⓘ What Women Want NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceActedIn | Chicken Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson Description of subject: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson is an American-born Australian actor and filmmaker known for starring in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" film series and directing the Academy Award–winning epic "Braveheart."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Walter Black
subject surface form:
Mel Gibson