John Marcus McNairy
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John Marcus McNairy, better known as Scoot McNairy, is an American actor and producer recognized for his roles in films like "Argo" and "12 Years a Slave" and the TV series "Halt and Catch Fire."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Marcus McNairy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5907811 — 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: John Marcus McNairy Context triple: [Scoot McNairy, birthName, John Marcus McNairy]
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A.
Henry McMorran
Henry McMorran was a prominent local figure and benefactor in Port Huron, Michigan, whose contributions to the community led to the city’s main event center being named in his honor.
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B.
Henry Joy McCracken
Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish Presbyterian revolutionary and founding member of the Society of United Irishmen who played a key role in organizing the 1798 uprising in County Antrim.
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C.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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D.
Arthur Dignam
Arthur Dignam was an Australian actor known for his distinctive character roles in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Mac McNeilly
Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
- 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: John Marcus McNairy Target entity description: John Marcus McNairy, better known as Scoot McNairy, is an American actor and producer recognized for his roles in films like "Argo" and "12 Years a Slave" and the TV series "Halt and Catch Fire."
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A.
Henry McMorran
Henry McMorran was a prominent local figure and benefactor in Port Huron, Michigan, whose contributions to the community led to the city’s main event center being named in his honor.
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B.
Henry Joy McCracken
Henry Joy McCracken was an Irish Presbyterian revolutionary and founding member of the Society of United Irishmen who played a key role in organizing the 1798 uprising in County Antrim.
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C.
Theodore St. John
Theodore St. John was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the Academy Award-winning circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952).
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D.
Arthur Dignam
Arthur Dignam was an Australian actor known for his distinctive character roles in film, television, and theatre.
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E.
Mac McNeilly
Mac McNeilly is an American drummer best known for his powerful, driving work with the influential noise rock band The Jesus Lizard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | natural-born citizen of the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | McNairy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenreSpecialization |
crime film
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drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollaboration |
AMC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ben Affleck NERFINISHED ⓘ Brad Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ David Fincher NERFINISHED ⓘ Denis Villeneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleType |
lead actor
ⓘ
supporting actor ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| isAlive | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role as Gordon Clark in Halt and Catch Fire
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supporting roles in critically acclaimed films ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| middleName | Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Marcus McNairy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
12 Years a Slave
NERFINISHED
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Argo NERFINISHED ⓘ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ Godless NERFINISHED ⓘ Gone Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ Halt and Catch Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Killing Them Softly NERFINISHED ⓘ Monsters NERFINISHED ⓘ Narcos: Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ True Detective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film producer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| portrays | complex and often troubled characters ⓘ |
| stageName | Scoot McNairy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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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: John Marcus McNairy Description of subject: John Marcus McNairy, better known as Scoot McNairy, is an American actor and producer recognized for his roles in films like "Argo" and "12 Years a Slave" and the TV series "Halt and Catch Fire."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.