J. Patrick McNamara
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J. Patrick McNamara is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, particularly in thrillers and dramas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| J. Patrick McNamara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10493782 — 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. Patrick McNamara Context triple: [Blow Out, hasCastMember, J. Patrick McNamara]
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A.
Frank X. McNamara
Frank X. McNamara was an American businessman credited with pioneering the modern credit card industry as the creator of the first general-purpose charge card.
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B.
James T. McNamara
James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
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C.
Tom J. Leahy
Tom J. Leahy is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Leahy, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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D.
William McNamara
William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
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E.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
- 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. Patrick McNamara Target entity description: J. Patrick McNamara is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, particularly in thrillers and dramas.
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A.
Frank X. McNamara
Frank X. McNamara was an American businessman credited with pioneering the modern credit card industry as the creator of the first general-purpose charge card.
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B.
James T. McNamara
James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
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C.
Tom J. Leahy
Tom J. Leahy is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Leahy, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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D.
William McNamara
William McNamara is an American actor known for his roles in 1990s thrillers and dramas, including prominent performances in films like "Copycat" and "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken."
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E.
James T. O'Donohoe
James T. O'Donohoe was an American screenwriter active during the silent and early sound film era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ person ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
drama films
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supporting roles ⓘ thriller films ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| 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: J. Patrick McNamara Description of subject: J. Patrick McNamara is an American character actor known for his supporting roles in film and television, particularly in thrillers and dramas.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.