Rodney McKay
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Rodney McKay is a brilliant but arrogant astrophysicist and key member of the Atlantis expedition in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rodney McKay canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7288385 — 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: Rodney McKay Context triple: [Stargate Atlantis, mainCharacter, Rodney McKay]
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A.
Sam Harper
Sam Harper is a screenwriter best known for writing family-friendly comedy films such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Freaky Friday."
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B.
Dylan McKay
Dylan McKay is a brooding, rebellious yet sensitive heartthrob character from the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210," known for his complicated relationships and troubled past.
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C.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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E.
Donn Pearce
Donn Pearce was an American novelist and former convict best known for writing the novel "Cool Hand Luke," which he later adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
- 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: Rodney McKay Target entity description: Rodney McKay is a brilliant but arrogant astrophysicist and key member of the Atlantis expedition in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
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A.
Sam Harper
Sam Harper is a screenwriter best known for writing family-friendly comedy films such as "Cheaper by the Dozen" and "Freaky Friday."
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B.
Dylan McKay
Dylan McKay is a brooding, rebellious yet sensitive heartthrob character from the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210," known for his complicated relationships and troubled past.
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C.
Aidan Murphy
Aidan Murphy is the Irish actor better known professionally as Aidan Gillen, recognized for roles in series like "The Wire" and "Game of Thrones."
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D.
Kai Dugan
Kai Dugan is the son of American actress Jennifer Connelly, known primarily for his connection to his famous mother.
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E.
Donn Pearce
Donn Pearce was an American novelist and former convict best known for writing the novel "Cool Hand Luke," which he later adapted into the acclaimed 1967 film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astrophysicist
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fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Atlantis expedition
NERFINISHED
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Stargate Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode |
Stargate Atlantis: Rising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stargate SG-1: 48 Hours NERFINISHED ⓘ Stargate SG-1: Redemption, Part 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Stargate SG-1: Redemption, Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTeam | Atlantis main off-world team ⓘ |
| associatedWithTechnology |
Atlantis city-ship
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ZPM (Zero Point Module) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Stargate Atlantis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stargate SG-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Brad Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert C. Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Atlantis expedition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McKay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Ancient technology research
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Stargate technology ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ |
| fullName | Meredith Rodney McKay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Jeannie Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeWorld | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterRank | Head of Science Department, Atlantis expedition ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Jennifer Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableAbility |
expertise with Ancient technology
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high intelligence ⓘ rapid problem solving under pressure ⓘ |
| occupation |
astrophysicist
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engineer ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
arrogant
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brilliant ⓘ cowardly ⓘ egotistical ⓘ loyal ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | David Hewlett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | civilian consultant ⓘ |
| relative | Jeannie Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| universe | Stargate universe 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: Rodney McKay Description of subject: Rodney McKay is a brilliant but arrogant astrophysicist and key member of the Atlantis expedition in the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Todd the Wraith
subject surface form:
Todd the Wraith