Peter McDonald
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Peter McDonald is an Irish actor and writer known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Irish and British comedy and drama.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter McDonald canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10760986 — 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: Peter McDonald Context triple: [Moone Boy, starring, Peter McDonald]
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A.
Paul McDonald
Paul McDonald is an American singer-songwriter and former "American Idol" contestant known for his folk-rock style and distinctive raspy voice.
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B.
Peter MacDonald
Peter MacDonald is a British film director and second-unit director best known for directing the action sequel "Rambo III" and working on numerous major Hollywood productions.
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C.
David John McDonald
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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D.
Phil McDonald
Phil McDonald is a British recording engineer best known for his work on classic Beatles sessions at Abbey Road Studios.
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E.
Patrick McDonald
Patrick McDonald is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
- 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: Peter McDonald Target entity description: Peter McDonald is an Irish actor and writer known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Irish and British comedy and drama.
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A.
Paul McDonald
Paul McDonald is an American singer-songwriter and former "American Idol" contestant known for his folk-rock style and distinctive raspy voice.
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B.
Peter MacDonald
Peter MacDonald is a British film director and second-unit director best known for directing the action sequel "Rambo III" and working on numerous major Hollywood productions.
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C.
David John McDonald
David John McDonald, better known by his stage name David Tennant, is a Scottish actor renowned for his role as the Tenth Doctor in the long-running British television series Doctor Who.
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D.
Phil McDonald
Phil McDonald is a British recording engineer best known for his work on classic Beatles sessions at Abbey Road Studios.
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E.
Patrick McDonald
Patrick McDonald is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts, rather than referring to a single widely recognized public figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| familyName | McDonald ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| knownFor |
roles in British comedy
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roles in British drama ⓘ roles in Irish comedy ⓘ roles in Irish drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Peter McDonald ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film ⓘ |
| notableAward | Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Green Wing
ⓘ
I Went Down ⓘ Moone Boy ⓘ No Offence ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ Sea of Souls ⓘ The Cripple of Inishmaan ⓘ
linked to:
The Cripple of Inishmaan (stage play)
The Damned United ⓘ The Flag ⓘ The Lieutenant of Inishmore ⓘ The Stag ⓘ When Brendan Met Trudy ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ireland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Peter McDonald Description of subject: Peter McDonald is an Irish actor and writer known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Irish and British comedy and drama.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.