McGann family
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The McGann family is a British acting dynasty best known for members such as Paul McGann and his relatives, who have appeared widely in film, television, and theatre.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McGann family canonical | 10 |
| McGann brothers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11036944 — 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: McGann family Context triple: [Jake McGann, notableFamily, McGann family]
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A.
McGuire family
The McGuire family is a benefactor family recognized for its significant philanthropic support of the arts, including major contributions to theater venues.
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B.
Callaghan family
The Callaghan family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Hilary Callaghan, recognized for their public and professional prominence.
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C.
Sigerson family
The Sigerson family is an Irish family best known for its members’ contributions to literature, scholarship, and public life in Ireland.
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D.
Mahon family
The Mahon family was an Anglo-Irish landed family historically associated with Strokestown Park and its surrounding estate in County Roscommon, Ireland.
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E.
Doherty family
The Doherty family is a philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to science and education, including endowing the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory.
- 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: McGann family Target entity description: The McGann family is a British acting dynasty best known for members such as Paul McGann and his relatives, who have appeared widely in film, television, and theatre.
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A.
McGuire family
The McGuire family is a benefactor family recognized for its significant philanthropic support of the arts, including major contributions to theater venues.
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B.
Callaghan family
The Callaghan family is a notable lineage associated with individuals such as Hilary Callaghan, recognized for their public and professional prominence.
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C.
Sigerson family
The Sigerson family is an Irish family best known for its members’ contributions to literature, scholarship, and public life in Ireland.
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D.
Mahon family
The Mahon family was an Anglo-Irish landed family historically associated with Strokestown Park and its surrounding estate in County Roscommon, Ireland.
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E.
Doherty family
The Doherty family is a philanthropic family known for its significant contributions to science and education, including endowing the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British family
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acting family ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ group of siblings ⓘ professional boxer ⓘ |
| basedIn | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drama
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Clare McGann
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Jack McGann ⓘ Jake McGann ⓘ Joe McGann ⓘ Joe McGann ⓘ Mark McGann ⓘ Mark McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Paul McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
| hasNotableLineage |
McGann brothers
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linked to:
McGann family
|
| hasReputation | British acting dynasty ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Call the Midwife
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Doctor Who ⓘ Withnail and I ⓘ
linked to:
Withnail & I
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaPresence |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| memberOf |
McGann family
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McGann family ⓘ McGann family ⓘ McGann family ⓘ McGann family ⓘ McGann family ⓘ McGann family ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acting
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film roles ⓘ television roles ⓘ theatre work ⓘ |
| sibling |
Joe McGann
ⓘ
Mark McGann ⓘ Stephen McGann ⓘ |
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: McGann family Description of subject: The McGann family is a British acting dynasty best known for members such as Paul McGann and his relatives, who have appeared widely in film, television, and theatre.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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