Nigel John Dermot Neill
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Nigel John Dermot Neill is a New Zealand actor and producer best known for his leading roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and Event Horizon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nigel John Dermot Neill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5071131 — 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: Nigel John Dermot Neill Context triple: [Sam Neill, birthName, Nigel John Dermot Neill]
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A.
Alan Aldridge
Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
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B.
Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson was a Scottish actor acclaimed for his intense stage and screen performances, notably in roles such as Merlin in "Excalibur" and the title character in "Hamlet."
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C.
Robert Newton
Robert Newton was a British character actor best known for his intense performances in mid-20th-century films, particularly his iconic portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 adaptation of "Treasure Island."
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D.
Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
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E.
Peter M. Nicholas
Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
- 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: Nigel John Dermot Neill Target entity description: Nigel John Dermot Neill is a New Zealand actor and producer best known for his leading roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and Event Horizon.
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A.
Alan Aldridge
Alan Aldridge was a British illustrator and graphic designer famed for his vibrant, surreal artwork for 1960s and 1970s music and pop culture icons, including The Beatles and Elton John.
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B.
Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson was a Scottish actor acclaimed for his intense stage and screen performances, notably in roles such as Merlin in "Excalibur" and the title character in "Hamlet."
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C.
Robert Newton
Robert Newton was a British character actor best known for his intense performances in mid-20th-century films, particularly his iconic portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 adaptation of "Treasure Island."
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D.
Murray Hamilton
Murray Hamilton was an American character actor best known for playing the stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn in the classic thriller film "Jaws."
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E.
Peter M. Nicholas
Peter M. Nicholas was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Boston Scientific and a major benefactor of environmental education and research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film producer
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
NERFINISHED
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Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-09-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ’s College, Christchurch
NERFINISHED
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Victoria University of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
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stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Dermot
NERFINISHED
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John NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Elena Neill
NERFINISHED
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Tim Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Nigel John Dermot Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | New Zealander ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dead Calm
NERFINISHED
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Event Horizon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunt for the Wilderpeople NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Mouth of Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic Park III NERFINISHED ⓘ Jurassic World Dominion NERFINISHED ⓘ Merlin NERFINISHED ⓘ My Brilliant Career NERFINISHED ⓘ Omen III: The Final Conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Peaky Blinders NERFINISHED ⓘ Possession NERFINISHED ⓘ Rams NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dish NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hunt for Red October NERFINISHED ⓘ The Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tudors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Central Otago, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Sam Neill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Nigel John Dermot Neill Description of subject: Nigel John Dermot Neill is a New Zealand actor and producer best known for his leading roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Piano, and Event Horizon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.