The Vicar of Dibley
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The Vicar of Dibley is a popular British sitcom about a humorous female vicar in a rural English village, co-created by Richard Curtis and starring Dawn French.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Vicar of Dibley canonical | 47 |
| Dibley | 8 |
| The Vicar of Dibley Christmas specials | 2 |
| Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley | 1 |
| The Vicar of Dibley (1994) | 1 |
| The Vicar of Dibley franchise | 1 |
| The Vicar of Dibley, series 1 | 1 |
| vicar of Dibley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278756 — 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 Vicar of Dibley Context triple: [Richard Curtis, notableWork, The Vicar of Dibley]
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Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
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B.
Maude
Maude is a 1970s American sitcom created by Norman Lear that follows the outspoken, liberal Maude Findlay and is known for tackling controversial social and political issues with sharp humor.
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C.
Lord Emsworth
Lord Emsworth is a dreamy, absent-minded English earl and master of Blandings Castle in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic stories, best known for his love of pigs and aversion to responsibility.
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D.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
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E.
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a lighthearted romantic show tune from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that charmingly describes a fanciful horse-drawn carriage ride.
- 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 Vicar of Dibley Target entity description: The Vicar of Dibley is a popular British sitcom about a humorous female vicar in a rural English village, co-created by Richard Curtis and starring Dawn French.
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A.
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
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B.
Maude
Maude is a 1970s American sitcom created by Norman Lear that follows the outspoken, liberal Maude Findlay and is known for tackling controversial social and political issues with sharp humor.
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C.
Lord Emsworth
Lord Emsworth is a dreamy, absent-minded English earl and master of Blandings Castle in P. G. Wodehouse’s comic stories, best known for his love of pigs and aversion to responsibility.
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D.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers is an 1857 Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically portrays clerical politics and social maneuvering in the fictional English cathedral town of Barchester.
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E.
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a lighthearted romantic show tune from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that charmingly describes a fanciful horse-drawn carriage ride.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Vicar of Dibley Description of subject: The Vicar of Dibley is a popular British sitcom about a humorous female vicar in a rural English village, co-created by Richard Curtis and starring Dawn French.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas specials
this entity surface form:
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas specials
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vicar of Dibley
this entity surface form:
Dibley
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Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley
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Dibley
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The Vicar of Dibley franchise
this entity surface form:
Dibley
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The Vicar of Dibley (1994)
this entity surface form:
Dibley
this entity surface form:
Dibley
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The Vicar of Dibley, series 1