Cagney
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Cagney is a surname most famously associated with American actor James Cagney, a major Hollywood star of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cagney canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7071890 — 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: Cagney Context triple: [James Cagney, familyName, Cagney]
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A.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
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B.
Errol
Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
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C.
Braugher
Braugher is the surname of Andre Braugher, an acclaimed American actor known for his roles in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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D.
Mayo Methot Bogart
Mayo Methot Bogart was an American stage and film actress best known as the third wife of actor Humphrey Bogart and for her roles in 1930s Hollywood films.
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E.
Donaghey
Donaghey is a surname of Irish origin borne by various individuals, including those involved in notable historical and political events.
- 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: Cagney Target entity description: Cagney is a surname most famously associated with American actor James Cagney, a major Hollywood star of the 20th century.
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A.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
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B.
Errol
Errol is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a first name in various English-speaking countries.
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C.
Braugher
Braugher is the surname of Andre Braugher, an acclaimed American actor known for his roles in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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D.
Mayo Methot Bogart
Mayo Methot Bogart was an American stage and film actress best known as the third wife of actor Humphrey Bogart and for her roles in 1930s Hollywood films.
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E.
Donaghey
Donaghey is a surname of Irish origin borne by various individuals, including those involved in notable historical and political events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dancer
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cagney ⓘ |
| genre |
crime films
ⓘ
drama films ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
English-language surnames
ⓘ
Irish surnames ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | James Cagney ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayals of tough guys and gangsters in films
ⓘ
role in the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
dancer ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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: Cagney Description of subject: Cagney is a surname most famously associated with American actor James Cagney, a major Hollywood star of the 20th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.