Kempton Bunton
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Kempton Bunton was a British pensioner and taxi driver best known for his notorious 1961 theft of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from London’s National Gallery as a protest against television licence fees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kempton Bunton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17247708 — 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: Kempton Bunton Context triple: [The Duke, subject, Kempton Bunton]
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A.
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Bushell was a British actor and film director known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century cinema and his work both in front of and behind the camera.
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B.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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C.
Robert Talbot
Robert Talbot is a fictional character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "Come September," portrayed by Rock Hudson as a wealthy American businessman who spends his summers at his Italian villa.
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D.
Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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E.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
- 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: Kempton Bunton Target entity description: Kempton Bunton was a British pensioner and taxi driver best known for his notorious 1961 theft of Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from London’s National Gallery as a protest against television licence fees.
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A.
Anthony Bushell
Anthony Bushell was a British actor and film director known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century cinema and his work both in front of and behind the camera.
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B.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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C.
Robert Talbot
Robert Talbot is a fictional character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "Come September," portrayed by Rock Hudson as a wealthy American businessman who spends his summers at his Italian villa.
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D.
Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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E.
Mick Ward
Mick Ward is a musician best known for his work with the band Kingfish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.