Who Do You Think You Are?
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"Who Do You Think You Are?" is a genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their family histories, uncovering personal and historical stories from their ancestry.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Who Do You Think You Are? canonical | 4 |
| Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | 1 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? (appearance) | 1 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? Live | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2267966 — 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: Who Do You Think You Are? Context triple: [Julian Clary, appearedIn, Who Do You Think You Are?]
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A.
Who Do We Think We Are
"Who Do We Think We Are" is an R&B/hip-hop-influenced song by John Legend featuring Rick Ross, known for its soulful production and reflective lyrics.
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B.
Real People
Real People was a pioneering American reality television series from the late 1970s and early 1980s that featured humorous and human-interest stories about ordinary individuals across the United States.
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C.
Who Are You
"Who Are You" is a 1978 rock song by The Who, widely recognized for its use as the theme music for the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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D.
This Is Us
This Is Us is an American television drama series that follows the intertwined lives of the Pearson family across multiple timelines, exploring themes of love, loss, and identity.
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E.
Among People
Among People is an alternative title for the film "In the World."
- 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: Who Do You Think You Are? Target entity description: "Who Do You Think You Are?" is a genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their family histories, uncovering personal and historical stories from their ancestry.
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A.
Who Do We Think We Are
"Who Do We Think We Are" is an R&B/hip-hop-influenced song by John Legend featuring Rick Ross, known for its soulful production and reflective lyrics.
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B.
Real People
Real People was a pioneering American reality television series from the late 1970s and early 1980s that featured humorous and human-interest stories about ordinary individuals across the United States.
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C.
Who Are You
"Who Are You" is a 1978 rock song by The Who, widely recognized for its use as the theme music for the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
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D.
This Is Us
This Is Us is an American television drama series that follows the intertwined lives of the Pearson family across multiple timelines, exploring themes of love, loss, and identity.
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E.
Among People
Among People is an alternative title for the film "In the World."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genealogy documentary series
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life genealogical research ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | television ⓘ |
| countryOfAdaptation |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Germany ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features | celebrities ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2004 ⓘ |
| format | each episode follows a celebrity tracing their family history ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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genealogy ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | single celebrity focus per episode ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Who Do You Think You Are?
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Who Do You Think You Are? Live
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| inspired | increased public interest in genealogy ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | uncovering personal and historical stories from ancestry ⓘ |
| notableElement |
emotional revelations about family past
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use of historical records ⓘ use of professional genealogists ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
BBC One
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BBC Two ⓘ |
| producer | Wall to Wall ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Wall to Wall ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family history
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genealogical research ⓘ historical events ⓘ personal ancestry ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| typicalLocations |
archives
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family homes ⓘ historical sites ⓘ libraries ⓘ |
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: Who Do You Think You Are? Description of subject: "Who Do You Think You Are?" is a genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their family histories, uncovering personal and historical stories from their ancestry.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
this entity surface form:
Who Do You Think You Are? (appearance)
this entity surface form:
Who Do You Think You Are? Live