David Read
E448721
David Read is a recurring character in the children's animated television series "Arthur," known as Arthur Read's father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Read canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4489415 — 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: David Read Context triple: [Arthur, character, David Read]
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A.
James Read
James Read is an American actor best known for his roles in the television miniseries "North and South" and the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
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B.
David Barclay
David Barclay was a British billionaire businessman and one of the reclusive Barclay brothers, known for co-owning the Telegraph Media Group and various other high-profile assets.
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C.
Paul Ready
Paul Ready is a British actor known for his versatile performances in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "The Terror" and "Motherland."
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D.
David Richmond
David Richmond was a civil rights activist best known as one of the four African American students who initiated the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina.
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E.
Simon Draper
Simon Draper is a British music executive best known for his pivotal role in building Virgin Records into a major international record label and for signing several influential artists.
- 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: David Read Target entity description: David Read is a recurring character in the children's animated television series "Arthur," known as Arthur Read's father.
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A.
James Read
James Read is an American actor best known for his roles in the television miniseries "North and South" and the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."
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B.
David Barclay
David Barclay was a British billionaire businessman and one of the reclusive Barclay brothers, known for co-owning the Telegraph Media Group and various other high-profile assets.
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C.
Paul Ready
Paul Ready is a British actor known for his versatile performances in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "The Terror" and "Motherland."
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D.
David Richmond
David Richmond was a civil rights activist best known as one of the four African American students who initiated the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins challenging racial segregation at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina.
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E.
Simon Draper
Simon Draper is a British music executive best known for his pivotal role in building Virgin Records into a major international record label and for signing several influential artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Arthur
ⓘ
Arthur (TV series) ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | children's animated television series ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Arthur (book series) ⓘ |
| child |
Arthur Read
ⓘ
D.W. Read ⓘ Kate Read ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Marc Brown ⓘ |
| familyName | Read ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInSeries |
Arthur (season 1)
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur (TV series) season 1
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| occupation |
caterer
ⓘ
chef ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| relative | Grandma Thora Read ⓘ |
| residence | Elwood City ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
Arthur Read's father
ⓘ
linked to:
Arthur Read
|
| species | aardvark ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Read ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | children ⓘ |
| universe | Arthur universe ⓘ |
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: David Read Description of subject: David Read is a recurring character in the children's animated television series "Arthur," known as Arthur Read's father.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.