Nunn
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Nunn is a surname most prominently associated with Sir Trevor Nunn, the acclaimed British theatre and film director known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and major stage musicals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nunn canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6061547 — 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: Nunn Context triple: [Trevor Nunn, familyName, Nunn]
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A.
Nunes
Nunes is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous individuals, including athletes, politicians, and public figures in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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B.
Chamberlain
Chamberlain is a surname most famously associated with Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister known for his policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany before World War II.
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C.
Norris
Norris is a surname most notably associated with influential American politician George W. Norris, a progressive-era U.S. senator from Nebraska.
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D.
Buckley
Buckley is a small city in Washington State known for its rural character and proximity to Mount Rainier.
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E.
Buckley
Buckley is a small town in Flintshire, northeast Wales, known historically for its brickworks and coal mining industries.
- 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: Nunn Target entity description: Nunn is a surname most prominently associated with Sir Trevor Nunn, the acclaimed British theatre and film director known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and major stage musicals.
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A.
Nunes
Nunes is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous individuals, including athletes, politicians, and public figures in Portuguese-speaking countries.
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B.
Chamberlain
Chamberlain is a surname most famously associated with Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister known for his policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany before World War II.
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C.
Norris
Norris is a surname most notably associated with influential American politician George W. Norris, a progressive-era U.S. senator from Nebraska.
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D.
Buckley
Buckley is a small city in Washington State known for its rural character and proximity to Mount Rainier.
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E.
Buckley
Buckley is a surname most prominently associated with William F. Buckley Jr., the influential American conservative author and founder of National Review.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic director
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film director ⓘ person ⓘ surname ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Drama Desk Award
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Downing College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| familyName | Nunn ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Shakespearean theatre
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musical theatre ⓘ theatre direction ⓘ |
| givenName | Trevor ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Trevor Nunn ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| notableFor |
directing Shakespeare productions
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directing major stage musicals ⓘ leadership of the Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
Les Misérables (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Les Misérables
Macbeth (1979 RSC television film) ⓘ Nicholas Nickleby (stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
Nicholas Nickleby (stage production)
Othello (stage productions) ⓘ
linked to:
Othello (play)
Starlight Express ⓘ Twelfth Night (1996 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Twelfth Night
|
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Artistic Director of the Royal National Theatre
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linked to:
Artistic Director of the National Theatre
Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
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: Nunn Description of subject: Nunn is a surname most prominently associated with Sir Trevor Nunn, the acclaimed British theatre and film director known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and major stage musicals.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.