Frank McGlynn Sr.
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Frank McGlynn Sr. was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of Abraham Lincoln on stage and in film.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frank McGlynn Sr. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10781759 — 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: Frank McGlynn Sr. Context triple: [Poor Little Rich Girl, starring, Frank McGlynn Sr.]
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A.
John McGlynn
John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
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B.
Joe Mullaney
Joe Mullaney was a prominent American basketball coach known for his successful stints in college basketball and the ABA, including leading the Kentucky Colonels.
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C.
Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often playing comic sidekicks and supporting roles.
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D.
Tony McAnaney
Tony McAnaney is a British musician and composer best known for his work on television, particularly his music for the comedy-drama series "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet."
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E.
Frank Flannagan
Frank Flannagan is the charming, womanizing American businessman portrayed by Gary Cooper in Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy film "Love in the Afternoon."
- 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: Frank McGlynn Sr. Target entity description: Frank McGlynn Sr. was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of Abraham Lincoln on stage and in film.
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A.
John McGlynn
John McGlynn is a Scottish football manager best known for his successful spells in charge of Raith Rovers.
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B.
Joe Mullaney
Joe Mullaney was a prominent American basketball coach known for his successful stints in college basketball and the ABA, including leading the Kentucky Colonels.
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C.
Frank McHugh
Frank McHugh was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often playing comic sidekicks and supporting roles.
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D.
Tony McAnaney
Tony McAnaney is a British musician and composer best known for his work on television, particularly his music for the comedy-drama series "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet."
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E.
Frank Flannagan
Frank Flannagan is the charming, womanizing American businessman portrayed by Gary Cooper in Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy film "Love in the Afternoon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1866-10-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-05-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | McGlynn ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character roles in early 20th-century American cinema
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portrayals of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| notableRole | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
California
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linked to:
California (state)
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
ⓘ
Newburgh ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| portrayed | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Frank McGlynn Sr. Description of subject: Frank McGlynn Sr. was an American character actor of the early 20th century, known for his frequent portrayals of Abraham Lincoln on stage and in film.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.