Ray Tierney
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Ray Tierney is the morally conflicted NYPD detective at the center of the crime drama film "Pride and Glory," who is forced to confront corruption within his own family and police department.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ray Tierney canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9015795 — 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)
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Target entity: Ray Tierney Context triple: [Pride and Glory, leadCharacter, Ray Tierney]
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A.
Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney is a Hall of Fame American lacrosse coach renowned for leading multiple NCAA championship teams, most notably at Princeton and later at the University of Denver.
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B.
John Tormey
John Tormey is an American character actor best known for his supporting role in Jim Jarmusch’s crime film "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
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C.
Michael O'Hara
Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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D.
Michael O'Hara
Michael O'Hara is the naive Irish sailor protagonist of the 1947 film noir "The Lady from Shanghai," whose involvement with a mysterious woman draws him into a web of murder and betrayal.
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E.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
- 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: Ray Tierney Target entity description: Ray Tierney is the morally conflicted NYPD detective at the center of the crime drama film "Pride and Glory," who is forced to confront corruption within his own family and police department.
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A.
Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney is a Hall of Fame American lacrosse coach renowned for leading multiple NCAA championship teams, most notably at Princeton and later at the University of Denver.
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B.
John Tormey
John Tormey is an American character actor best known for his supporting role in Jim Jarmusch’s crime film "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
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C.
Michael O'Hara
Michael O'Hara was an American attorney best known for being one of the later husbands of Hungarian-American socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor.
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D.
Michael O'Hara
Michael O'Hara is the naive Irish sailor protagonist of the 1947 film noir "The Lady from Shanghai," whose involvement with a mysterious woman draws him into a web of murder and betrayal.
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E.
Day O’Connor
Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pride and Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
crime drama film
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Tierney family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
loyalty to family vs duty as a cop
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police corruption investigation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Gavin O’Connor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Carnahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Pride and Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Tierney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Pride and Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pride and Glory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelation |
Francis Tierney Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Francis Tierney Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
integrity
ⓘ
internal conflict ⓘ loyalty ⓘ sense of duty ⓘ |
| investigates |
corruption within NYPD
ⓘ
crimes involving his own family ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | conflicted ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
morally conflicted hero
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation |
NYPD detective
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Pride and Glory cast of characters ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Edward Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | detective ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
family loyalty
ⓘ
moral dilemma ⓘ police corruption ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| yearOfFirstAppearance | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ray Tierney Description of subject: Ray Tierney is the morally conflicted NYPD detective at the center of the crime drama film "Pride and Glory," who is forced to confront corruption within his own family and police department.
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