Vincent MacKenna
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Vincent MacKenna is the gruff, hard-drinking yet unexpectedly kind-hearted elderly neighbor portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy-drama film "St. Vincent."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vincent MacKenna canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3672994 — 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: Vincent MacKenna Context triple: [St. Vincent, character, Vincent MacKenna]
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A.
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy was an Irish-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in genre and action movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Desmond MacCarthy
Desmond MacCarthy was a British literary critic and essayist associated with early 20th-century modernist circles and known for his influential journalism and book reviews.
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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.
Fergus Cullen
Fergus Cullen is an American political strategist and former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.
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E.
Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan is a British actor known for his roles in historical and action films such as "300," "Troy," and "Clash of the Titans."
- 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: Vincent MacKenna Target entity description: Vincent MacKenna is the gruff, hard-drinking yet unexpectedly kind-hearted elderly neighbor portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy-drama film "St. Vincent."
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A.
Gavan O'Herlihy
Gavan O'Herlihy was an Irish-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in genre and action movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Desmond MacCarthy
Desmond MacCarthy was a British literary critic and essayist associated with early 20th-century modernist circles and known for his influential journalism and book reviews.
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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.
Fergus Cullen
Fergus Cullen is an American political strategist and former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.
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E.
Vincent Regan
Vincent Regan is a British actor known for his roles in historical and action films such as "300," "Troy," and "Clash of the Titans."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| age | elderly ⓘ |
| appearsIn | St. Vincent ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
hidden goodness
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ unlikely friendship ⓘ |
| caresFor | Oliver Bronstein ⓘ |
| characterArc | from misanthropic loner to recognized caregiver and role model ⓘ |
| closeTo | Oliver Bronstein ⓘ |
| createdBy | Theodore Melfi ⓘ |
| employedAs | babysitter ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
St. Vincent
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Vincent (2014 film)
|
| frequents |
bar
ⓘ
racetrack ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAddiction |
alcohol
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Daka Parimova ⓘ |
| hasHealthIssue |
financial problems
ⓘ
poor physical health ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
gruff ⓘ hard-drinking ⓘ kind-hearted ⓘ protective ⓘ sarcastic ⓘ |
| hasPet | cat ⓘ |
| honoredAs | modern-day saint ⓘ |
| honoredBy | school ceremony ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of St. Vincent ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| neighborOf | Maggie Bronstein ⓘ |
| occupation | retired Vietnam War veteran ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Murray ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Catholic ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn ⓘ |
| spouse | Sandy MacKenna ⓘ |
| spouseStatus | deceased ⓘ |
| teaches | Oliver Bronstein ⓘ |
| veteranOf | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| visits |
his wife Sandy MacKenna in a nursing home
ⓘ
nursing home ⓘ |
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: Vincent MacKenna Description of subject: Vincent MacKenna is the gruff, hard-drinking yet unexpectedly kind-hearted elderly neighbor portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy-drama film "St. Vincent."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bill Murray
subject surface form:
St. Vincent