Sean McGinnes
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Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sean McGinnes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10015359 — 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: Sean McGinnes Context triple: [Ben Esler, portrayed, Sean McGinnes]
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A.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
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B.
Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin is a literary scholar and translator known for his English translation of Walter Benjamin’s "The Arcades Project."
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C.
Sean McNamara
Sean McNamara is an American film and television director and producer known for family-oriented and inspirational movies such as "Soul Surfer."
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D.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
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E.
Sean McNulty
Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
- 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: Sean McGinnes Target entity description: Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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A.
Sean McKittrick
Sean McKittrick is an American film producer known for his work on acclaimed and genre-defining films such as "BlacKkKlansman," "Get Out," and "Donnie Darko."
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B.
Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin McLaughlin is a literary scholar and translator known for his English translation of Walter Benjamin’s "The Arcades Project."
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C.
Sean McNamara
Sean McNamara is an American film and television director and producer known for family-oriented and inspirational movies such as "Soul Surfer."
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D.
Sean Kilpatrick
Sean Kilpatrick is an American professional basketball player known for his scoring ability as a guard in the NBA and overseas leagues.
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E.
Sean McNulty
Sean McNulty is a minor character in the television series "The Wire," known primarily as one of detective Jimmy McNulty's sons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Hell on Wheels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Union Pacific Railroad
ⓘ
transcontinental railroad ⓘ
linked to:
First Transcontinental Railroad
|
| characterOrigin | Irish immigrant background ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | McGinnes ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Hell on Wheels universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Hell on Wheels
|
| genre | Western drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Sean ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
business intrigues
ⓘ
political intrigues ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor | ambitious Irish immigrant involved in railroad-era business and politics ⓘ |
| occupation | businessman ⓘ |
| relative | Mickey McGinnes ⓘ |
| settingContext | construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| sibling | Mickey McGinnes ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cheyenne
ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad camp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sean McGinnes Description of subject: Sean McGinnes is a fictional character from the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as an ambitious Irish immigrant involved in the business and political intrigues surrounding the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.