Glen Hansard
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Glen Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and actor best known as the frontman of The Frames and for his Oscar-winning role and music in the film "Once."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Glen Hansard canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4867749 — 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: Glen Hansard Context triple: [So Long, Marianne, hasCoverVersionBy, Glen Hansard]
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A.
David O'Hara
David O'Hara is a Scottish actor known for his versatile character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as Braveheart, The Departed, and various crime dramas.
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B.
William Callaghan
William Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the Callaghan surname.
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C.
Ben Harper
Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for blending folk, blues, rock, and reggae influences in his music.
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D.
Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating is an Irish singer, songwriter, and former Boyzone frontman who has also built a career as a television and radio presenter.
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E.
John Parish
John Parish is an English musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his long-running creative collaboration with PJ Harvey and his work on numerous alternative rock and indie projects.
- 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: Glen Hansard Target entity description: Glen Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and actor best known as the frontman of The Frames and for his Oscar-winning role and music in the film "Once."
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A.
David O'Hara
David O'Hara is a Scottish actor known for his versatile character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as Braveheart, The Departed, and various crime dramas.
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B.
William Callaghan
William Callaghan is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a prominent bearer of the Callaghan surname.
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C.
Ben Harper
Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for blending folk, blues, rock, and reggae influences in his music.
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D.
Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating is an Irish singer, songwriter, and former Boyzone frontman who has also built a career as a television and radio presenter.
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E.
John Parish
John Parish is an English musician, songwriter, and producer best known for his long-running creative collaboration with PJ Harvey and his work on numerous alternative rock and indie projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| actedIn |
Once
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Commitments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Falling Slowly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFrom | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Glen Hansard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coPerformer | Markéta Irglová NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-04-21 ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic music
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ |
| hasSoloAlbum |
All That Was East Is West of Me Now
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Between Two Shores NERFINISHED ⓘ Didn’t He Ramble NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhythm and Repose NERFINISHED ⓘ This Wild Willing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
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guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-writing the song Falling Slowly
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frontman of The Frames ⓘ role in the film Once ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Frames
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Swell Season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Glen Hansard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Falling Slowly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Once NERFINISHED ⓘ The Frames NERFINISHED ⓘ The Swell Season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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busker ⓘ film composer ⓘ frontman of The Frames ⓘ musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Anti-
NERFINISHED
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Plateau Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedCareerAs | street musician in Dublin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Glen Hansard Description of subject: Glen Hansard is an Irish singer-songwriter and actor best known as the frontman of The Frames and for his Oscar-winning role and music in the film "Once."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Prophet (2014 film)