Whishaw
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Whishaw is the surname of English actor Ben Whishaw, known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whishaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4989276 — 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: Whishaw Context triple: [Ben Whishaw, familyName, Whishaw]
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A.
Goodshaw
Goodshaw is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated within the Borough of Rossendale.
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B.
Collishaw
Collishaw is a surname most notably associated with Raymond Collishaw, a distinguished Canadian fighter ace of the First World War.
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C.
Langshaw
Langshaw is the middle name of the influential British philosopher of language J. L. Austin.
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D.
Wychwood
Wychwood is a historic forested area in Oxfordshire, England, known for its ancient woodland, biodiversity, and cultural heritage.
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E.
Goodwick
Goodwick is a coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known for its harbour and close association with the neighbouring town of Fishguard.
- 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: Whishaw Target entity description: Whishaw is the surname of English actor Ben Whishaw, known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre.
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A.
Goodshaw
Goodshaw is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, situated within the Borough of Rossendale.
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B.
Collishaw
Collishaw is a surname most notably associated with Raymond Collishaw, a distinguished Canadian fighter ace of the First World War.
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C.
Langshaw
Langshaw is the middle name of the influential British philosopher of language J. L. Austin.
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D.
Wychwood
Wychwood is a historic forested area in Oxfordshire, England, known for its ancient woodland, biodiversity, and cultural heritage.
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E.
Goodwick
Goodwick is a coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, known for its harbour and close association with the neighbouring town of Fishguard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English actor
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human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
NERFINISHED
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1980-10-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Clifton, Bedfordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Henlow Middle School
NERFINISHED
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ Samuel Whitbread Community College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Whishaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Benjamin John Whishaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableRole | Paddington Bear (voice) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Very English Scandal
NERFINISHED
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Bright Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Cloud Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ Cock (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamlet (2004 stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Poppins Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ No Time to Die NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddington NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddington 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Perfume: The Story of a Murderer NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyfall NERFINISHED ⓘ Spectre NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crucible (stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Danish Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hollow Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lobster NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Going to Hurt NERFINISHED ⓘ Women Talking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ |
| portrayed | Q in James Bond film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Mark Bradshaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ben Whishaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Whishaw Description of subject: Whishaw is the surname of English actor Ben Whishaw, known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theatre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.