Sergeant John Benton
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Sergeant John Benton is a loyal and down-to-earth UNIT non-commissioned officer from the classic Doctor Who television series, known for assisting the Doctor in defending Earth from alien threats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sergeant Benton | 3 |
| Sergeant John Benton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14239017 — 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: Sergeant John Benton Context triple: [Captain Mike Yates, worksWith, Sergeant John Benton]
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A.
Sergeant Francis Troy
Sergeant Francis Troy is a dashing but reckless soldier whose charm, impulsiveness, and moral failings drive much of the romantic and tragic tension in Thomas Hardy’s novel "Far from the Madding Crowd."
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B.
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
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C.
Sergeant J.T. Sanborn
Sergeant J.T. Sanborn is a disciplined and cautious U.S. Army explosives technician in the Iraq War, featured as a central character in the film "The Hurt Locker."
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D.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
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E.
Sergeant Ben Jones
Sergeant Ben Jones is a fictional police detective and sidekick character in the long-running British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
- 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: Sergeant John Benton Target entity description: Sergeant John Benton is a loyal and down-to-earth UNIT non-commissioned officer from the classic Doctor Who television series, known for assisting the Doctor in defending Earth from alien threats.
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A.
Sergeant Francis Troy
Sergeant Francis Troy is a dashing but reckless soldier whose charm, impulsiveness, and moral failings drive much of the romantic and tragic tension in Thomas Hardy’s novel "Far from the Madding Crowd."
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B.
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst
Sgt. Joe Broadhurst is a supporting police sergeant character on the 1970s American television crime drama "McCloud."
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C.
Sergeant J.T. Sanborn
Sergeant J.T. Sanborn is a disciplined and cautious U.S. Army explosives technician in the Iraq War, featured as a central character in the film "The Hurt Locker."
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D.
Sergeant Daniel Bissell
Sergeant Daniel Bissell was an American Revolutionary War soldier and spy for the Continental Army who conducted dangerous intelligence missions behind British lines.
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E.
Sergeant Ben Jones
Sergeant Ben Jones is a fictional police detective and sidekick character in the long-running British crime drama series "Midsomer Murders."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Daemons
this entity surface form:
Sergeant Benton
this entity surface form:
Sergeant Benton
this entity surface form:
Sergeant Benton