Michael Stone (politician)
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Michael Stone is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and convicted murderer known for his notorious attacks during the Troubles, including the 1988 Milltown Cemetery attack.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Stone (politician) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10723456 — 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: Michael Stone (politician) Context triple: [Michael Stone (name), usedBy, Michael Stone (politician)]
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A.
Daniel W. Carmichael
Daniel W. Carmichael was a notable individual significant enough in his community or field to have a place or institution named in his honor.
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B.
John Donaldson
John Donaldson was a prominent early-20th-century African American baseball pitcher renowned for his dominance in Black baseball and barnstorming circuits before the formal Negro Leagues era.
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C.
Dan Kean
Dan Kean is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kean, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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D.
Peter Murrell
Peter Murrell is a Scottish political figure who served as the long-time chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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E.
Chris Mullen
Chris Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the surname associated with the more widely recognized figure, former NBA star Chris Mullin.
- 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: Michael Stone (politician) Target entity description: Michael Stone is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and convicted murderer known for his notorious attacks during the Troubles, including the 1988 Milltown Cemetery attack.
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A.
Daniel W. Carmichael
Daniel W. Carmichael was a notable individual significant enough in his community or field to have a place or institution named in his honor.
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B.
John Donaldson
John Donaldson was a prominent early-20th-century African American baseball pitcher renowned for his dominance in Black baseball and barnstorming circuits before the formal Negro Leagues era.
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C.
Dan Kean
Dan Kean is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Kean, though specific widely known public details about him are not readily available.
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D.
Peter Murrell
Peter Murrell is a Scottish political figure who served as the long-time chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
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E.
Chris Mullen
Chris Mullen is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the surname associated with the more widely recognized figure, former NBA star Chris Mullin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
ⓘ
attack during The Troubles ⓘ convicted murderer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
2000s ⓘ |
| arrestedFor | Milltown Cemetery attack ⓘ |
| attemptedAttackOn |
Stormont Parliament Buildings
ⓘ
linked to:
Parliament Buildings, Stormont
|
| birthName | Michael Stone ⓘ |
| claimed | Stormont incident was performance art ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | The Troubles ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
attempted murder related to Stormont incident
ⓘ
attempted murders ⓘ multiple murders ⓘ terrorist offences ⓘ |
| country | Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1988-03-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-04-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
1988-03-16
ⓘ
2006-11-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfRelease | 2000 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Protestant unionist community ⓘ |
| ideology | Ulster loyalism ⓘ |
| incarceratedIn |
Maghaberry Prison
ⓘ
Maze Prison ⓘ |
| location |
Belfast
ⓘ
Milltown Cemetery ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ulster Defence Association
ⓘ
Ulster Freedom Fighters ⓘ
linked to:
Ulster Defence Association
|
| militaryRole | UDA hitman ⓘ |
| name | Michael Stone ⓘ |
| nationality | Northern Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor | Milltown Cemetery attack ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleInjured | more than 60 ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleKilled | 3 ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| perpetrated | Milltown Cemetery attack ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Belfast ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | loyalist ⓘ |
| reArrestedFor | Stormont attack attempt ⓘ |
| releasedUnder |
Good Friday Agreement early-release scheme
ⓘ
linked to:
Good Friday Agreement
|
| religion |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| subjectOf | media coverage about loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ |
| supportedCause | maintenance of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| targeted |
Gerry Adams
ⓘ
Martin McGuinness ⓘ |
| usedWeapon |
grenades
ⓘ
handguns ⓘ |
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: Michael Stone (politician) Description of subject: Michael Stone is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and convicted murderer known for his notorious attacks during the Troubles, including the 1988 Milltown Cemetery attack.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Michael Stone
subject linked to:
Michael Stone