Harold John Izzard
E434082
Harold John Izzard was the father of British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold John Izzard canonical | 2 |
| Harold John Michael Izzard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4313812 — 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: Harold John Izzard Context triple: [Eddie Izzard, parent, Harold John Izzard]
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A.
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and political activist known for her surreal, improvisational style and prominent work in both comedy and drama.
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B.
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner was an American film composer best known for his prolific work scoring Hollywood movies during the mid-20th century, particularly for Universal Pictures.
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C.
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
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D.
Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield is an English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his influential sketch shows and memorable comic characters on British television.
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E.
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr is a British stand-up comedian and television presenter known for his deadpan delivery, dark humor, and hosting numerous UK panel shows.
- 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: Harold John Izzard Target entity description: Harold John Izzard was the father of British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard.
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A.
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard is a British stand-up comedian, actor, and political activist known for her surreal, improvisational style and prominent work in both comedy and drama.
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B.
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner was an American film composer best known for his prolific work scoring Hollywood movies during the mid-20th century, particularly for Universal Pictures.
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C.
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson is a British actor, comedian, and presenter best known for playing Baldrick in the historical sitcom series "Blackadder."
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D.
Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield is an English comedian, actor, and writer best known for his influential sketch shows and memorable comic characters on British television.
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E.
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr is a British stand-up comedian and television presenter known for his deadpan delivery, dark humor, and hosting numerous UK panel shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (8)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| child | Eddie Izzard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| name | Harold John Izzard ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Eddie Izzard ⓘ |
| occupation | accountant ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Ella Izzard ⓘ |
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: Harold John Izzard Description of subject: Harold John Izzard was the father of British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Harold John Izzard