James Rennie
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James Rennie was a Canadian-born stage and film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Broadway and in silent and early sound films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Rennie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12969306 — 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: James Rennie Context triple: [Dorothy Gish, spouse, James Rennie]
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A.
Angus McKie
Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
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B.
Ian Duncan
Ian Duncan is a neurotic and often ineffectual psychology professor on the sitcom "Community," portrayed by comedian John Oliver.
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C.
James Neill
James Neill was an American stage and silent film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
James Neill
James Neill was a British Army officer of the 19th century known for his harsh role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
Duncan Reid
Duncan Reid is a musician best known as the former bassist and vocalist for the UK punk band The Boys and for his solo work with Duncan Reid and the Big Heads.
- 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: James Rennie Target entity description: James Rennie was a Canadian-born stage and film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Broadway and in silent and early sound films.
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A.
Angus McKie
Angus McKie is a British illustrator and colorist known for his detailed science fiction artwork and influential contributions to comic book coloring.
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B.
Ian Duncan
Ian Duncan is a neurotic and often ineffectual psychology professor on the sitcom "Community," portrayed by comedian John Oliver.
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C.
James Neill
James Neill was an American stage and silent film actor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
James Neill
James Neill was a British Army officer of the 19th century known for his harsh role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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E.
Duncan Reid
Duncan Reid is a musician best known as the former bassist and vocalist for the UK punk band The Boys and for his solo work with Duncan Reid and the Big Heads.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian-American actor
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actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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early sound films ⓘ silent films ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-04-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-07-31 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Rennie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | performing arts ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Broadway performances
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early sound film roles ⓘ silent film roles ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| laterNationality | American ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1935 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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theatre ⓘ |
| name | James Rennie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)
NERFINISHED
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The Girl of the Golden West (stage) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moon Is Blue (stage) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silver Cord (1933 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silver Cord (stage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Toronto
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surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| spouse |
Dorothy Gish
NERFINISHED
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Sara Eldon McConnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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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: James Rennie Description of subject: James Rennie was a Canadian-born stage and film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his work on Broadway and in silent and early sound films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.