David Lodge
E201479
David Lodge was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Lodge canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1801151 — 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: David Lodge Context triple: [One Good Turn, starring, David Lodge]
-
A.
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is a distinguished contemporary English novelist and essayist known for his inventive narratives and exploration of memory, history, and identity.
-
B.
Martin Amis
Martin Amis was a prominent British novelist, essayist, and critic known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
-
C.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
-
D.
Peter Carey
Peter Carey is an acclaimed Australian novelist known for his richly imaginative fiction and for winning the Booker Prize twice.
-
E.
Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
- 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: David Lodge Target entity description: David Lodge was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
-
A.
Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes is a distinguished contemporary English novelist and essayist known for his inventive narratives and exploration of memory, history, and identity.
-
B.
Martin Amis
Martin Amis was a prominent British novelist, essayist, and critic known for his darkly comic, stylistically inventive fiction and sharp cultural commentary.
-
C.
David Mitchell
David Mitchell is a British novelist best known for his genre-blending, intricately structured works such as "Cloud Atlas" and "The Bone Clocks."
-
D.
Peter Carey
Peter Carey is an acclaimed Australian novelist known for his richly imaginative fiction and for winning the Booker Prize twice.
-
E.
Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks is a British novelist best known for his historical and war-themed fiction, including the acclaimed novel "Birdsong."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century film
ⓘ
20th-century television ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasRoleType | character roles ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting roles in British film comedies
ⓘ
supporting roles in British television comedies ⓘ |
| notableWorkType | supporting roles ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: David Lodge Description of subject: David Lodge was a British character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television comedies.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Water Babies (1978 film)