G. N. M. Tyrrell
E1040868
G. N. M. Tyrrell was a British engineer, psychical researcher, and author known for his influential work on apparitions and telepathy in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| G. N. M. Tyrrell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13333441 — 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: G. N. M. Tyrrell Context triple: [Society for Psychical Research, hasMember, G. N. M. Tyrrell]
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E. F. N. Jephcott
E. F. N. Jephcott was a British translator best known for his influential English translations of works by critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno.
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B.
P. C. Clemmow
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
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C.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White was an English character actor known for his urbane, often comedic roles in British and American film, television, and theatre.
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D.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
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E.
H. A. Prichard
H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
- 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: G. N. M. Tyrrell Target entity description: G. N. M. Tyrrell was a British engineer, psychical researcher, and author known for his influential work on apparitions and telepathy in the early 20th century.
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A.
E. F. N. Jephcott
E. F. N. Jephcott was a British translator best known for his influential English translations of works by critical theorist Theodor W. Adorno.
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B.
P. C. Clemmow
P. C. Clemmow was a physicist and applied mathematician known for his work in electromagnetic theory and wave propagation, contributing to foundational texts in optics.
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C.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White was an English character actor known for his urbane, often comedic roles in British and American film, television, and theatre.
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D.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
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E.
H. A. Prichard
H. A. Prichard was a 20th-century British moral philosopher known for his influential work in intuitionist ethics and his critique of consequentialist moral theories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British engineer
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author ⓘ person ⓘ psychical researcher ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Tyrrell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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parapsychology ⓘ psychical research ⓘ |
| fullName | George Nugent Merle Tyrrell ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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parapsychology literature ⓘ |
| givenName |
George
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Merle ⓘ Nugent ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
research on apparitions
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research on telepathy ⓘ theoretical work in psychical research ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | psychical research movement ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apparitions
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Science and Psychical Phenomena ⓘ The Nature of Human Personality ⓘ The Personality of Man ⓘ The Principles of Psychical Research ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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engineer ⓘ psychical researcher ⓘ |
| studiesTopic |
apparitions
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psychical phenomena ⓘ telepathy ⓘ |
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: G. N. M. Tyrrell Description of subject: G. N. M. Tyrrell was a British engineer, psychical researcher, and author known for his influential work on apparitions and telepathy in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.