McGillis
E540739
McGillis is a surname most notably associated with American actress Kelly McGillis, known for her roles in films such as "Top Gun" and "Witness."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGillis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5692581 — 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: McGillis Context triple: [Kelly McGillis, familyName, McGillis]
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A.
McClurg
McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
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B.
Cowgill
Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
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C.
McAlister
McAlister is a small unincorporated community located in Quay County in eastern New Mexico, United States.
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D.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E.
McIldowie
McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
- 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: McGillis Target entity description: McGillis is a surname most notably associated with American actress Kelly McGillis, known for her roles in films such as "Top Gun" and "Witness."
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A.
McClurg
McClurg is the namesake of the historic McClurg Building, a notable structure recognized for its architectural and cultural significance.
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B.
Cowgill
Cowgill is a small rural settlement in the Yorkshire Dales, known for its scenic landscape and traditional stone-built houses.
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C.
McAlister
McAlister is a small unincorporated community located in Quay County in eastern New Mexico, United States.
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D.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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E.
McIldowie
McIldowie is a relatively uncommon Scottish-origin surname associated with individuals such as Mr Hudson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actress
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film ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| director |
Peter Weir
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Tony Scott ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
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crime drama film ⓘ legal drama film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Kelly McGillis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Accused
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Top Gun ⓘ Witness ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actress
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stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| playedRole |
Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in Top Gun
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linked to:
Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood
Rachel Lapp in Witness ⓘ |
| usedIn | English language ⓘ |
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: McGillis Description of subject: McGillis is a surname most notably associated with American actress Kelly McGillis, known for her roles in films such as "Top Gun" and "Witness."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.