Anthony John Denison
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Anthony John Denison is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Flynn on the television series "The Closer" and its spinoff "Major Crimes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthony John Denison canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9315640 — 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: Anthony John Denison Context triple: [Tony Denison, birthName, Anthony John Denison]
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A.
Colin Stinton
Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
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B.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
James Kenneth Stephen
James Kenneth Stephen was a British poet, barrister, and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, known for his satirical verse and association with the Victorian literary circle known as the Cambridge Apostles.
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D.
Alan Milburn
Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
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E.
Peter Hugh Dennis
Peter Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sitcom "Outnumbered" and panel shows such as "Mock the Week."
- 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: Anthony John Denison Target entity description: Anthony John Denison is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Flynn on the television series "The Closer" and its spinoff "Major Crimes."
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A.
Colin Stinton
Colin Stinton is a Canadian-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often portraying authoritative or bureaucratic figures.
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B.
Clive Beddoe
Clive Beddoe is a Canadian entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the low-cost airline WestJet.
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C.
James Kenneth Stephen
James Kenneth Stephen was a British poet, barrister, and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, known for his satirical verse and association with the Victorian literary circle known as the Cambridge Apostles.
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D.
Alan Milburn
Alan Milburn is a British Labour politician and former Secretary of State for Health who later became a prominent figure in public service reform and higher education leadership.
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E.
Peter Hugh Dennis
Peter Hugh Dennis is a British comedian, actor, and writer best known for his work on the sitcom "Outnumbered" and panel shows such as "Mock the Week."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
American film industry
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linked to:
American cinema
American television industry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tony Denison ⓘ |
| basedOn | works in the United States ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Detective Andy Flynn ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
films
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Detective Andy Flynn on Major Crimes
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portraying Detective Andy Flynn on The Closer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Anthony John Denison ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Detective Andy Flynn in Major Crimes
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linked to:
Detective Andy Flynn
Detective Andy Flynn in The Closer ⓘ
linked to:
Detective Andy Flynn
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| notableWork |
Major Crimes
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The Closer ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
cast of Major Crimes
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cast of The Closer ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
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: Anthony John Denison Description of subject: Anthony John Denison is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Andy Flynn on the television series "The Closer" and its spinoff "Major Crimes."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.