Sean Mathias
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Sean Mathias is a Welsh theatre and film director, writer, and actor known for his acclaimed stage productions in London and on Broadway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sean Mathias canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138128 — 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: Sean Mathias Context triple: [Ian McKellen, partner, Sean Mathias]
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A.
Alex Heffes
Alex Heffes is a British film composer known for his scores to major feature films and documentaries, including the biographical drama "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
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B.
Sean Cahill
Sean Cahill is a relative of former Australian professional soccer player Tim Cahill.
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C.
Charlie Jeffery
Charlie Jeffery is a British political scientist and academic leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of the University of York.
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D.
Ben Scrivens
Ben Scrivens is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the NHL for teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, and Montreal Canadiens.
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E.
Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris is a Canadian composer best known for his work on film, television, and video game scores, including series like "The Tudors" and "Vikings."
- 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: Sean Mathias Target entity description: Sean Mathias is a Welsh theatre and film director, writer, and actor known for his acclaimed stage productions in London and on Broadway.
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A.
Alex Heffes
Alex Heffes is a British film composer known for his scores to major feature films and documentaries, including the biographical drama "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
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B.
Sean Cahill
Sean Cahill is a relative of former Australian professional soccer player Tim Cahill.
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C.
Charlie Jeffery
Charlie Jeffery is a British political scientist and academic leader who serves as Vice-Chancellor of the University of York.
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D.
Ben Scrivens
Ben Scrivens is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the NHL for teams including the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, and Montreal Canadiens.
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E.
Trevor Morris
Trevor Morris is a Canadian composer best known for his work on film, television, and video game scores, including series like "The Tudors" and "Vikings."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway theater
ⓘ
surface form:
Broadway theatre
London theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-03-14 ⓘ |
| directed |
A Little Night Music
ⓘ
surface form:
A Little Night Music (1995 London revival)
Bent (stage production) ⓘ
surface form:
Bent (1997 film)
Bent (stage production) ⓘ Dance of Death (Broadway production) ⓘ No Man's Land (stage performances) ⓘ
surface form:
No Man's Land (2013 Broadway production)
The Lost Language of Cranes (1991 film) ⓘ Waiting for Godot ⓘ
surface form:
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)
|
| ethnicGroup | Welsh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drama
ⓘ
film direction ⓘ theatre direction ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Sean ⓘ |
| hasWorkedInWestEnd | true ⓘ |
| hasWorkedOnBroadway | true ⓘ |
| isLivingPerson | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Sean Mathias self-link ⓘ |
| notableAward |
Evening Standard Theatre Awards
ⓘ
surface form:
Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director
|
| notableCollaboration |
Ian McKellen
ⓘ
Patrick Stewart ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Little Night Music
ⓘ
surface form:
A Little Night Music (1995 London revival)
Bent (stage production) ⓘ Dance of Death (Broadway production) ⓘ No Man's Land (stage performances) ⓘ
surface form:
No Man's Land (2013 Broadway production)
Waiting for Godot ⓘ
surface form:
Waiting for Godot (2009 London production)
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partner | Ian McKellen ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Swansea ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
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: Sean Mathias Description of subject: Sean Mathias is a Welsh theatre and film director, writer, and actor known for his acclaimed stage productions in London and on Broadway.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.