Tony Robinson
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Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Robinson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678137 — 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: Tony Robinson Context triple: [Blackadder, starredActor, Tony Robinson]
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A.
Danny Baker
Danny Baker is a British broadcaster and writer known for his eclectic radio shows, television presenting, and autobiographical books.
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B.
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, and presenter best known for his work on British television series such as "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Trip."
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C.
Keith Allen
Keith Allen is a British actor and comedian known for his versatile roles in film and television, including his memorable turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC series "Robin Hood."
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D.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter best known as a core member of the surreal comedy group Monty Python and later for his acclaimed travel documentaries.
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E.
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane was a Scottish actor and comedian best known for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series.
- 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: Tony Robinson Target entity description: Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
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A.
Danny Baker
Danny Baker is a British broadcaster and writer known for his eclectic radio shows, television presenting, and autobiographical books.
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B.
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon is a Welsh actor, comedian, impressionist, and presenter best known for his work on British television series such as "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Trip."
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C.
Keith Allen
Keith Allen is a British actor and comedian known for his versatile roles in film and television, including his memorable turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the BBC series "Robin Hood."
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D.
Michael Palin
Michael Palin is a British comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter best known as a core member of the surreal comedy group Monty Python and later for his acclaimed travel documentaries.
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E.
Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane was a Scottish actor and comedian best known for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
author ⓘ comedian ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Blackadder
ⓘ
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder II
Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder the Third
Maid Marian ⓘ
surface form:
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
|
| award |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
ⓘ
surface form:
BAFTA
|
| birthDate | 1946-08-15 ⓘ |
| birthName | Sir Anthony Robinson ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| created |
Maid Marian
ⓘ
surface form:
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
|
| fieldOfWork |
children's television
ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ television presenting ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasChild | two children ⓘ |
| honor |
Knight Bachelor
ⓘ
Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
playing Baldrick in Blackadder
ⓘ
presenting The Worst Jobs in History ⓘ presenting Time Team ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Tony Robinson self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blackadder
ⓘ
The Worst Jobs in History ⓘ Time Team ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Labour Party (UK) ⓘ |
| portrayed | Baldrick ⓘ |
| presented |
The Worst Jobs in History
ⓘ
Time Team ⓘ Tony Robinson's Time Walks ⓘ Tony Robinson's World War I ⓘ Tony Robinson's World War II ⓘ |
| spouse | Louise Hobbs ⓘ |
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: Tony Robinson Description of subject: Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.