The Prodigal Son
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The Prodigal Son is a nickname for Shane McMahon, the high-flying, risk-taking son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, known for his dramatic in-ring stunts and rebellious persona.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Prodigal Son canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13348606 — 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: The Prodigal Son Context triple: [Shane McMahon, notableAlias, The Prodigal Son]
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A.
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is a ballet choreographed by Kurt Jooss that reinterprets the biblical parable through expressive modern dance and dramatic staging.
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B.
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that retells the biblical parable of repentance and forgiveness in a rich, rhythmic African American vernacular style.
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C.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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D.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a religious painting by Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation between a repentant son and his father.
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E.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a Baroque religious painting by the Italian artist Guercino depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation.
- 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: The Prodigal Son Target entity description: The Prodigal Son is a nickname for Shane McMahon, the high-flying, risk-taking son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, known for his dramatic in-ring stunts and rebellious persona.
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A.
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is a ballet choreographed by Kurt Jooss that reinterprets the biblical parable through expressive modern dance and dramatic staging.
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B.
The Prodigal Son
The Prodigal Son is a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson that retells the biblical parable of repentance and forgiveness in a rich, rhythmic African American vernacular style.
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C.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
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D.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a religious painting by Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation between a repentant son and his father.
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E.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a Baroque religious painting by the Italian artist Guercino depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessman
ⓘ
nickname ⓘ professional wrestler ⓘ professional wrestling personality ⓘ ring name ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1990s
ⓘ
2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shane-O-Mac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Prodigal Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
WWE Raw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WWE SmackDown NERFINISHED ⓘ WrestleMania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Attitude Era
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruthless Aggression Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childOf | Vince McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employedBy | WWE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyRelation | son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFeudWith |
Kevin Owens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurt Angle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Miz NERFINISHED ⓘ The Undertaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Linda McMahon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephanie McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
authority figure in WWE storylines
ⓘ
on-screen commissioner ⓘ on-screen general manager ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hardcore-style matches
ⓘ
high-flying wrestling style ⓘ rebellious on-screen persona ⓘ risk-taking in-ring stunts ⓘ |
| occupation |
on-screen performer
ⓘ
wrestling executive ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Hell in a Cell matches
ⓘ
street fight matches ⓘ |
| partOf | McMahon family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedStunt |
coast-to-coast dropkick
ⓘ
elbow drops from the top rope to announcers’ table ⓘ high dives from the TitanTron ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | member of the McMahon family power structure ⓘ |
| positionHeld | WWE Executive Vice President (past) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | Shane McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrestlingStyle |
brawling
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high-risk ⓘ |
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: The Prodigal Son Description of subject: The Prodigal Son is a nickname for Shane McMahon, the high-flying, risk-taking son of WWE chairman Vince McMahon, known for his dramatic in-ring stunts and rebellious persona.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.