The Wipers Times
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The Wipers Times is a British television drama that humorously recounts the true story of World War I soldiers who created a satirical trench newspaper on the Western Front.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wipers Times canonical | 3 |
| The Wipers Times (trench newspaper) | 1 |
| The Wipers Times trench newspaper | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3067075 — 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: The Wipers Times Context triple: [David Parfitt, produced, The Wipers Times]
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A.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
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B.
Scoop
"Scoop" is a 2006 romantic crime-comedy film directed by Woody Allen, in which Romola Garai stars alongside Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman in a story about an aspiring journalist investigating a possible serial killer.
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C.
The Morning Paper
"The Morning Paper" is a song by indie musician Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 album *Red Apple Falls*, known for its sparse arrangement and introspective, narrative lyrics.
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D.
Whizzer
Whizzer is a Golden Age Marvel Comics superhero known for his super-speed and membership in the World War II-era team the Invaders.
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E.
Whizzer
Whizzer was the well-known nickname of Byron Raymond White, a prominent American football player who later became an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 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: The Wipers Times Target entity description: The Wipers Times is a British television drama that humorously recounts the true story of World War I soldiers who created a satirical trench newspaper on the Western Front.
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A.
Scoop
Scoop is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that lampoons sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondence.
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B.
Scoop
"Scoop" is a 2006 romantic crime-comedy film directed by Woody Allen, in which Romola Garai stars alongside Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman in a story about an aspiring journalist investigating a possible serial killer.
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C.
The Morning Paper
"The Morning Paper" is a song by indie musician Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 album *Red Apple Falls*, known for its sparse arrangement and introspective, narrative lyrics.
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D.
Whizzer
Whizzer is a Golden Age Marvel Comics superhero known for his super-speed and membership in the World War II-era team the Invaders.
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E.
Whizzer
Whizzer was the well-known nickname of Byron Raymond White, a prominent American football player who later became an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television drama
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television film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Wipers Times
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wipers Times (trench newspaper)
true story of a World War I satirical trench newspaper ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | British Army officers editing a trench newspaper ⓘ |
| director | Andy De Emmony ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC Two ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastDate | 2013-09-11 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ war drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature-length TV drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Wipers Times self-link ⓘ |
| isAboutEvent |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
|
| mainCharacter |
Fred Roberts
ⓘ
Jack Pearson ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC Two ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two ⓘ |
| portrays |
creation of a satirical trench newspaper
ⓘ
life of British soldiers in the trenches ⓘ |
| producer | David Parfitt ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BBC
ⓘ
Trademark Films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtime | 90 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Ian Hislop
ⓘ
Nick Newman ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Western Front
ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| subject |
British soldiers on the Western Front
ⓘ
The Wipers Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Wipers Times trench newspaper
|
| theme |
black humour in wartime
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morale and resilience of soldiers ⓘ satire of wartime propaganda ⓘ |
| writer |
Ian Hislop
ⓘ
Nick Newman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wipers Times Description of subject: The Wipers Times is a British television drama that humorously recounts the true story of World War I soldiers who created a satirical trench newspaper on the Western Front.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Wipers Times (trench newspaper)
this entity surface form:
The Wipers Times trench newspaper