Henry O'Neill
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Henry O'Neill was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry O'Neill canonical | 22 |
| Henry O’Neill | 4 |
| Edward Dillon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T984424 — 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: Henry O'Neill Context triple: [Girl Crazy (1943 film), castMember, Henry O'Neill]
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A.
John McGlynn
John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
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B.
Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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C.
Ambrose O’Brien
Ambrose O’Brien was a Canadian sports executive and entrepreneur best known for helping to establish professional ice hockey leagues that were precursors to the modern NHL.
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D.
Raymond McCreesh
Raymond McCreesh was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from South Armagh who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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E.
George H. Fallon
George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
- 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: Henry O'Neill Target entity description: Henry O'Neill was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
John McGlynn
John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
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B.
Owen Roe O'Neill
Owen Roe O'Neill was a prominent 17th-century Irish general of the O'Neill dynasty, best known for leading Gaelic Irish forces against English and Scottish armies during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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C.
Ambrose O’Brien
Ambrose O’Brien was a Canadian sports executive and entrepreneur best known for helping to establish professional ice hockey leagues that were precursors to the modern NHL.
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D.
Raymond McCreesh
Raymond McCreesh was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member from South Armagh who died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
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E.
George H. Fallon
George H. Fallon was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland known for his influential role in shaping national transportation policy, including major federal highway legislation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | O'Neill ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| industry |
Hollywood film industry
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linked to:
Hollywood
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| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Henry O'Neill ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ |
| workPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Henry O'Neill Description of subject: Henry O'Neill was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Henry O'Neill
subject linked to:
film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
linked to: Henry O'Neill
linked to: Henry O'Neill
subject linked to:
film "Men of Boys Town"
linked to: Henry O'Neill
linked to: Henry O'Neill