Ryan Hardy
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Ryan Hardy is the troubled former FBI agent protagonist of the TV series "The Following," known for his obsessive pursuit of serial killer Joe Carroll.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ryan Hardy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14358733 — 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: Ryan Hardy Context triple: [The Following, character, Ryan Hardy]
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A.
Eric Harding
Eric Harding is an American former professional boxer best known as a top light heavyweight contender in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Aaron Burckhard
Aaron Burckhard is an American drummer best known as one of the earliest drummers for the grunge band Nirvana during its formative years.
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C.
Chris Harding
Chris Harding is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including sports, academia, and the arts.
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D.
Dale Harding
Dale Harding is an intelligent, articulate but deeply insecure patient in the psychiatric ward in Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," often seen as a spokesman for the other inmates and a symbol of repressed masculinity.
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E.
Ryan Merriman
Ryan Merriman is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Final Destination 3" and several Disney Channel movies, as well as television series such as "Pretty Little Liars."
- 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: Ryan Hardy Target entity description: Ryan Hardy is the troubled former FBI agent protagonist of the TV series "The Following," known for his obsessive pursuit of serial killer Joe Carroll.
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A.
Eric Harding
Eric Harding is an American former professional boxer best known as a top light heavyweight contender in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Aaron Burckhard
Aaron Burckhard is an American drummer best known as one of the earliest drummers for the grunge band Nirvana during its formative years.
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C.
Chris Harding
Chris Harding is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various professions, including sports, academia, and the arts.
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D.
Dale Harding
Dale Harding is an intelligent, articulate but deeply insecure patient in the psychiatric ward in Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," often seen as a spokesman for the other inmates and a symbol of repressed masculinity.
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E.
Ryan Merriman
Ryan Merriman is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Final Destination 3" and several Disney Channel movies, as well as television series such as "Pretty Little Liars."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.