John Shea
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John Shea is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" and the film "Missing."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Shea canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10355025 — 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: John Shea Context triple: [Missing, castMember, John Shea]
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A.
Sean Patrick Duke
Sean Patrick Duke is the birth name of American actor Sean Astin, known for roles in films such as "The Goonies," "Rudy," and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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B.
Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Sisto is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including prominent parts in projects like the teen comedy "Clueless" and the crime drama series "Law & Order."
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C.
Paul Scheuring
Paul Scheuring is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known as the creator of the television series "Prison Break."
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D.
Ted McGinley
Ted McGinley is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Married... with Children," "Happy Days," and "The Love Boat."
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E.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
- 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: John Shea Target entity description: John Shea is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" and the film "Missing."
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A.
Sean Patrick Duke
Sean Patrick Duke is the birth name of American actor Sean Astin, known for roles in films such as "The Goonies," "Rudy," and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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B.
Jeremy Sisto
Jeremy Sisto is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including prominent parts in projects like the teen comedy "Clueless" and the crime drama series "Law & Order."
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C.
Paul Scheuring
Paul Scheuring is an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known as the creator of the television series "Prison Break."
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D.
Ted McGinley
Ted McGinley is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "Married... with Children," "Happy Days," and "The Love Boat."
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E.
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is an American actor and director best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with notable roles in films like "St. Elmo's Fire," "Pretty in Pink," and "Weekend at Bernie's."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Missing ⓘ |
| characterIn | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Jake Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-04-14 ⓘ |
| directed | Southie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bates College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yale School of Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0790587 ⓘ |
| hasResidence | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portrayal of Lex Luthor in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
ⓘ
role in the film Missing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| name | John Shea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Missing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ stage director ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | North Conway, New Hampshire, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedCharacter | Lex Luthor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Laura Pettibone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: John Shea Description of subject: John Shea is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" and the film "Missing."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.