H. B. Irving
E434933
H. B. Irving was a prominent British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially as the son of famed actor Sir Henry Irving and for his distinguished Shakespearean performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| H. B. Irving canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374202 — 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: H. B. Irving Context triple: [St James's Theatre, notableManager, H. B. Irving]
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A.
James K. Irving
James K. Irving is a Canadian billionaire industrialist who leads major Irving family enterprises in forestry, energy, and transportation based in New Brunswick.
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B.
Jack Irving
Jack Irving is a member of the Irving family, a prominent Canadian business dynasty known for its extensive holdings in energy, forestry, and media.
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C.
William Revell Moody
William Revell Moody was the son of famed American evangelist Dwight L. Moody and a religious leader and author who helped preserve and promote his father's evangelical legacy.
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D.
R. S. McMillan
R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
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E.
H. H. Palmer
H. H. Palmer was an American settler and community founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
- 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: H. B. Irving Target entity description: H. B. Irving was a prominent British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially as the son of famed actor Sir Henry Irving and for his distinguished Shakespearean performances.
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A.
James K. Irving
James K. Irving is a Canadian billionaire industrialist who leads major Irving family enterprises in forestry, energy, and transportation based in New Brunswick.
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B.
Jack Irving
Jack Irving is a member of the Irving family, a prominent Canadian business dynasty known for its extensive holdings in energy, forestry, and media.
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C.
William Revell Moody
William Revell Moody was the son of famed American evangelist Dwight L. Moody and a religious leader and author who helped preserve and promote his father's evangelical legacy.
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D.
R. S. McMillan
R. S. McMillan is an astronomer best known for discovering the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
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E.
H. H. Palmer
H. H. Palmer was an American settler and community founder credited with establishing the city of Richland Center in Wisconsin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1919 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1890 ⓘ |
| birthCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1870-08-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| burialPlace | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1919-10-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| educatedAt |
Marlborough College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Henry Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry Brodribb Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | H. B. Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalQualification | called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn ⓘ |
| managedCompany | H. B. Irving Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Florence O'Callaghan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFamily | Irving family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Shakespearean performances
ⓘ
criminal biography writing ⓘ |
| occupation |
stage actor
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theatre manager ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| parentOf | Laurence Irving (son of H. B. Irving) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Shakespearean plays
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The Bells NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lyons Mail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith | Henry Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Laurence Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothea Baird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical studies of famous criminals ⓘ |
| wrote |
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
NERFINISHED
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Life of Judge Jeffreys NERFINISHED ⓘ Studies of French Criminals of the Nineteenth Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: H. B. Irving Description of subject: H. B. Irving was a prominent British stage actor and theatre manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known especially as the son of famed actor Sir Henry Irving and for his distinguished Shakespearean performances.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.