Atkinson
E191025
Atkinson is the surname of British comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson, best known for creating and portraying the character Mr. Bean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atkinson canonical | 33 |
| Atkinson (surname) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1698456 — 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: Atkinson Context triple: [Rowan Atkinson, familyName, Atkinson]
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A.
Aitken
Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
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B.
Tomlinson
Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
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C.
Bartlett
Bartlett is a suburban commuter rail station in Bartlett, Illinois, serving passengers on Metra’s Milwaukee District West Line between Chicago and its western suburbs.
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D.
Bartlett
Bartlett is a given name most notably borne by Bartlett S. Durham, the physician and landowner after whom the city of Durham, North Carolina, is named.
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E.
Wilkinson
Wilkinson is an English surname, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Wilkin," that has been borne by various notable figures and brands.
- 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: Atkinson Target entity description: Atkinson is the surname of British comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson, best known for creating and portraying the character Mr. Bean.
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A.
Aitken
Aitken is a Scottish-origin surname notably borne by Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, a prominent Canadian-British newspaper magnate and politician.
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B.
Tomlinson
Tomlinson is a surname most notably associated with Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer credited with inventing networked email and introducing the "@" symbol in email addresses.
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C.
Bartlett
Bartlett is a suburban commuter rail station in Bartlett, Illinois, serving passengers on Metra’s Milwaukee District West Line between Chicago and its western suburbs.
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D.
Bartlett
Bartlett is a given name most notably borne by Bartlett S. Durham, the physician and landowner after whom the city of Durham, North Carolina, is named.
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E.
Wilkinson
Wilkinson is an English surname, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Wilkin," that has been borne by various notable figures and brands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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comedian ⓘ family name ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ surname ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| derivesFromGivenName |
Adam
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Atkin ⓘ |
| familyName |
Atkinson
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Atkinson ⓘ Atkinson ⓘ Atkinson ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anthony Atkinson
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Basil Atkinson ⓘ Christopher Atkinson ⓘ George Atkinson ⓘ Henry Atkinson ⓘ James Atkinson ⓘ John Atkinson ⓘ Kate Atkinson ⓘ Martin Atkinson ⓘ Michael Atkinson ⓘ Norman Atkinson ⓘ Paul Atkinson ⓘ Peter Atkinson ⓘ Rick Atkinson ⓘ Robert Atkinson ⓘ Rowan Atkinson ⓘ Shona Atkinson ⓘ Thomas Atkinson ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated | Mr. Bean ⓘ |
| notableWork | Mr. Bean ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
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: Atkinson Description of subject: Atkinson is the surname of British comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson, best known for creating and portraying the character Mr. Bean.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atkinson
subject linked to:
Atkinson
subject linked to:
Atkinson
subject linked to:
Atkinson
linked to: Atkinson
subject linked to:
Michael Atkinson
subject linked to:
Michael Atkinson
subject linked to:
Michael Atkinson
subject linked to:
Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
subject linked to:
Benjamin Atkinson
subject linked to:
John