Dennis Shepard
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Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dennis Shepard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7112234 — 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: Dennis Shepard Context triple: [Matthew Shepard, hasFather, Dennis Shepard]
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A.
Dennis Reynolds
Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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B.
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
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C.
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
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D.
Dennis Gates
Dennis Gates is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the Missouri Tigers men's basketball program after previously leading Cleveland State.
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E.
Dennis Patterson
Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
- 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: Dennis Shepard Target entity description: Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
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A.
Dennis Reynolds
Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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B.
Dennis Morgan
Dennis Morgan was an American film actor and singer best known for his leading-man roles in Hollywood musicals and dramas of the 1940s.
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C.
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
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D.
Dennis Gates
Dennis Gates is an American college basketball coach best known for revitalizing the Missouri Tigers men's basketball program after previously leading Cleveland State.
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E.
Dennis Patterson
Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
ending anti-LGBTQ+ violence
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promoting tolerance and inclusion ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Matthew Shepard Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBTQ+ rights
ⓘ
hate-crime prevention ⓘ human rights ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild | Matthew Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Judy Shepard
NERFINISHED
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Matthew Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | board member of Matthew Shepard Foundation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for federal hate-crime laws in the United States
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public speaking on LGBTQ+ equality ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement |
LGBT rights movement
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human rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | public advocacy following the 1998 murder of his son Matthew Shepard ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights
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advocacy for hate-crime legislation ⓘ |
| notableWork | Matthew Shepard Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | activist ⓘ |
| parentOf | Matthew Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | Casper, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residenceCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksAt |
conferences
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corporate events ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| spouse | Judy Shepard 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: Dennis Shepard Description of subject: Dennis Shepard is an American activist and the father of Matthew Shepard, who became a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and hate-crime legislation following his son's murder.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.