McAvoy
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McAvoy is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and public life.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7076204 — 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: McAvoy Context triple: [May McAvoy, familyName, McAvoy]
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A.
Jay McGillis
Jay McGillis was a Boston College football player whose battle with leukemia inspired the creation of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation to support families of children with cancer.
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B.
Christopher Alan Stewart
Christopher Alan Stewart, better known as Tricky Stewart, is an American record producer and songwriter recognized for crafting numerous chart-topping pop and R&B hits.
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C.
Dylan Brosnan
Dylan Brosnan is an American model, musician, and filmmaker, best known as one of the sons of actor Pierce Brosnan.
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D.
Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields such as politics, sports, literature, and entertainment.
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E.
Sean Brosnan
Sean Brosnan is an American actor and filmmaker, best known as the son of Irish actor Pierce Brosnan.
- 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: McAvoy Target entity description: McAvoy is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and public life.
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A.
Jay McGillis
Jay McGillis was a Boston College football player whose battle with leukemia inspired the creation of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation to support families of children with cancer.
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B.
Christopher Alan Stewart
Christopher Alan Stewart, better known as Tricky Stewart, is an American record producer and songwriter recognized for crafting numerous chart-topping pop and R&B hits.
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C.
Dylan Brosnan
Dylan Brosnan is an American model, musician, and filmmaker, best known as one of the sons of actor Pierce Brosnan.
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D.
Michael Walsh
Michael Walsh is a common personal name shared by numerous individuals across various fields such as politics, sports, literature, and entertainment.
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E.
Sean Brosnan
Sean Brosnan is an American actor and filmmaker, best known as the son of Irish actor Pierce Brosnan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| fieldOfNotableBearers |
acting
ⓘ
public life ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeForm |
MacAvoy
ⓘ
linked to:
McAvoy
McAvoye ⓘ McEvoy ⓘ
linked to:
Jeff McEvoy
|
| hasCountryOfOrigin |
Ireland
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot |
Mac
ⓘ
Ádhaimh ⓘ |
| hasInitialLetter | M ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
Irish
ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
James McAvoy
ⓘ
Jim McAvoy ⓘ Mark McAvoy ⓘ Rena McAvoy ⓘ Tony McAvoy ⓘ |
| hasSurname |
McAvoy
ⓘ
McAvoy ⓘ McAvoy ⓘ McAvoy ⓘ McAvoy ⓘ |
| isPatronymic | true ⓘ |
| means | son of Ádhamh (son of Adam) ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football player
ⓘ
actor ⓘ author ⓘ barrister ⓘ footballer ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: McAvoy Description of subject: McAvoy is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, sports, and public life.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.