Josh Shannon
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Josh Shannon is the central protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Terra Nova," a devoted father who joins a prehistoric colony in a bid to secure a better future for his family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Josh Shannon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10209684 — 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: Josh Shannon Context triple: [Terra Nova, mainCharacter, Josh Shannon]
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A.
Shane Vendrell
Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
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B.
Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon is the central protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Terra Nova," a former cop and devoted father who joins a prehistoric colony to secure a better future for his family.
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C.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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D.
Shane Van Dyke
Shane Van Dyke is an American actor, screenwriter, and director known for his work in film and television, often collaborating with members of the Van Dyke family.
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E.
Shane Hurlbut
Shane Hurlbut is an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films and his influential role in advancing digital cinematography techniques.
- 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: Josh Shannon Target entity description: Josh Shannon is the central protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Terra Nova," a devoted father who joins a prehistoric colony in a bid to secure a better future for his family.
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A.
Shane Vendrell
Shane Vendrell is a volatile and morally compromised detective on the TV series "The Shield," known for his loyalty to Vic Mackey and his descent into increasingly tragic and violent choices.
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B.
Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon is the central protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Terra Nova," a former cop and devoted father who joins a prehistoric colony to secure a better future for his family.
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C.
Brant Daugherty
Brant Daugherty is an American actor known for his roles in television series like "Pretty Little Liars" and films including the "Fifty Shades" franchise.
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D.
Shane Van Dyke
Shane Van Dyke is an American actor, screenwriter, and director known for his work in film and television, often collaborating with members of the Van Dyke family.
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E.
Shane Hurlbut
Shane Hurlbut is an American cinematographer known for his work on major Hollywood films and his influential role in advancing digital cinematography techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Terra Nova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Josh Shannon Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maddy Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoe Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Craig Silverstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kelly Marcel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRole |
father
ⓘ
husband ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Terra Nova universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | science fiction television series ⓘ |
| homeSetting | dystopian future Earth ⓘ |
| joins | Terra Nova colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementBackground | yes ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| motivation | to secure a better future for his family ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | police officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jason O'Mara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryThemeAssociation |
family
ⓘ
second chances ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| relocatesTo | prehistoric Earth colony ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of Terra Nova ⓘ |
| seriesDebut | Terra Nova, episode "Genesis" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Elisabeth Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | 22nd century Earth and prehistoric Earth ⓘ |
| worksFor | Terra Nova security 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: Josh Shannon Description of subject: Josh Shannon is the central protagonist of the science fiction TV series "Terra Nova," a devoted father who joins a prehistoric colony in a bid to secure a better future for his family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.