J. M. Kerrigan
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J. M. Kerrigan was an Irish character actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying affable or eccentric supporting roles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| J. M. Kerrigan canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11066588 — 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: J. M. Kerrigan Context triple: [The Informer (1935 film), castMember, J. M. Kerrigan]
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A.
Geraldine Freund
Geraldine Freund is known primarily as the daughter of influential cinematographer and director Karl Freund.
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B.
Catherine Marks
Catherine Marks is an acclaimed Australian record producer and audio engineer known for her work with prominent rock and alternative artists.
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C.
Judith A. McHale
Judith A. McHale is an American lawyer, former Discovery Communications executive, and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
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D.
M.T. Ahern
M.T. Ahern is an author best known for writing the work titled "The Darkest Hour."
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E.
K. Trevor Wilson
K. Trevor Wilson is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing the character Squirrely Dan on the television series "Letterkenny."
- 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: J. M. Kerrigan Target entity description: J. M. Kerrigan was an Irish character actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying affable or eccentric supporting roles.
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A.
Geraldine Freund
Geraldine Freund is known primarily as the daughter of influential cinematographer and director Karl Freund.
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B.
Catherine Marks
Catherine Marks is an acclaimed Australian record producer and audio engineer known for her work with prominent rock and alternative artists.
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C.
Judith A. McHale
Judith A. McHale is an American lawyer, former Discovery Communications executive, and former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
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D.
M.T. Ahern
M.T. Ahern is an author best known for writing the work titled "The Darkest Hour."
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E.
K. Trevor Wilson
K. Trevor Wilson is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor best known for playing the character Squirrely Dan on the television series "Letterkenny."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kerrigan ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph Michael ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | J. M. Kerrigan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How Green Was My Valley
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The Fighting 69th ⓘ The Informer ⓘ The Irish in Us ⓘ The Long Voyage Home ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| portrayedRoles |
affable supporting characters
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eccentric supporting characters ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: J. M. Kerrigan Description of subject: J. M. Kerrigan was an Irish character actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, often portraying affable or eccentric supporting roles.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.