McLaglen
E569564
McLaglen is the surname of a family of actors most notably associated with British-American character actor Victor McLaglen, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McLaglen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6099791 — 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: McLaglen Context triple: [Victor McLaglen, familyName, McLaglen]
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A.
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran was an Irish character actor known for his work in British and American films and for his acclaimed performances in Samuel Beckett’s plays.
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B.
John Behan
John Behan is an Irish sculptor renowned for his powerful bronze works that often explore themes of history, migration, and national memory.
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C.
Sholto Douglas
Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
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D.
Minghella
Minghella is the surname of a British family best known for Anthony Minghella, the acclaimed film director and screenwriter behind works such as "The English Patient."
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E.
George McKay
George McKay is an actor known for his role in the film "The Secret Code."
- 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: McLaglen Target entity description: McLaglen is the surname of a family of actors most notably associated with British-American character actor Victor McLaglen, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films.
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A.
Jack MacGowran
Jack MacGowran was an Irish character actor known for his work in British and American films and for his acclaimed performances in Samuel Beckett’s plays.
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B.
John Behan
John Behan is an Irish sculptor renowned for his powerful bronze works that often explore themes of history, migration, and national memory.
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C.
Sholto Douglas
Sholto Douglas was a senior Royal Air Force commander who played a key leadership role in British air operations during and after the Second World War.
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D.
Minghella
Minghella is the surname of a British family best known for Anthony Minghella, the acclaimed film director and screenwriter behind works such as "The English Patient."
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E.
George McKay
George McKay is an actor known for his role in the film "The Secret Code."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
person ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth |
1886-12-10
ⓘ
1920-07-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1959-11-07
ⓘ
2014-08-30 ⓘ |
| familyName |
McLaglen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gunga Din
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Informer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quiet Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
ⓘ
British-American ⓘ |
| notableBearer |
Andrew V. McLaglen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Claude McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamily |
McLaglen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ boxer ⓘ film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| parent | Victor McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Newport Beach, California, United States 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: McLaglen Description of subject: McLaglen is the surname of a family of actors most notably associated with British-American character actor Victor McLaglen, known for his roles in classic Hollywood films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.