The Curse of Steptoe
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The Curse of Steptoe is a BBC television drama that explores the troubled off-screen relationship between the stars of the classic British sitcom "Steptoe and Son."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Curse of Steptoe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13517835 — 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: The Curse of Steptoe Context triple: [George Faber, notableWork, The Curse of Steptoe]
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A.
Dead Man's Folly
Dead Man's Folly is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder staged during a mock "murder hunt" at an English country house.
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B.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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C.
The Blunderer
The Blunderer is a psychological crime novel by Patricia Highsmith that follows an ostensibly ordinary man whose poor decisions entangle him in suspicion and moral decay after his wife's death.
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D.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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E.
The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe is the iconic, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University, officially known as Ohio Stadium.
- 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: The Curse of Steptoe Target entity description: The Curse of Steptoe is a BBC television drama that explores the troubled off-screen relationship between the stars of the classic British sitcom "Steptoe and Son."
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A.
Dead Man's Folly
Dead Man's Folly is a detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot investigating a murder staged during a mock "murder hunt" at an English country house.
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B.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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C.
The Blunderer
The Blunderer is a psychological crime novel by Patricia Highsmith that follows an ostensibly ordinary man whose poor decisions entangle him in suspicion and moral decay after his wife's death.
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D.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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E.
The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe is the iconic, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University, officially known as Ohio Stadium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC television drama
ⓘ
biographical drama ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| about |
classic British sitcom Steptoe and Son
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relationship between co-stars of Steptoe and Son ⓘ |
| basedOn | Steptoe and Son ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
effects of fame on personal lives
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impact of typecasting on actors ⓘ |
| director | Michael Samuels ⓘ |
| focusesOn | personal and professional tensions between the stars of Steptoe and Son ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
United Kingdom
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television industry ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Four ⓘ |
| partOf | BBC biographical dramas about entertainers ⓘ |
| portrays |
Harry H. Corbett
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Wilfrid Brambell ⓘ production of Steptoe and Son ⓘ |
| producer | BBC Four ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| subjectOf | off-screen relationship between Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell ⓘ |
| writer | Brian Fillis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Curse of Steptoe Description of subject: The Curse of Steptoe is a BBC television drama that explores the troubled off-screen relationship between the stars of the classic British sitcom "Steptoe and Son."
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