Silk
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Silk is a British legal drama television series centered on the personal and professional lives of barristers in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silk canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5253165 — 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: Silk Context triple: [Rupert Penry-Jones, notableWork, Silk]
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A.
Silken Floss
Silken Floss is a stylish and enigmatic femme fatale and scientist who serves as one of the main villains in the 2008 superhero film "The Spirit."
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B.
Cotten
Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Pashmina shawls
Pashmina shawls are luxurious, finely woven woolen wraps traditionally handcrafted from the soft undercoat of Himalayan goats, renowned for their exceptional warmth, lightness, and elegance.
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D.
Cotton Tufts
Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
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E.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
- 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: Silk Target entity description: Silk is a British legal drama television series centered on the personal and professional lives of barristers in London.
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A.
Silken Floss
Silken Floss is a stylish and enigmatic femme fatale and scientist who serves as one of the main villains in the 2008 superhero film "The Spirit."
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B.
Cotten
Cotten is a surname most notably associated with American actor Joseph Cotten, a prominent figure in classic Hollywood cinema.
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C.
Pashmina shawls
Pashmina shawls are luxurious, finely woven woolen wraps traditionally handcrafted from the soft undercoat of Himalayan goats, renowned for their exceptional warmth, lightness, and elegance.
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D.
Cotton Tufts
Cotton Tufts was an 18th-century American physician and patriot from Massachusetts who was active in public affairs during the Revolutionary era.
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E.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | HDTV ⓘ |
| broadcastOnChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | barrister ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Peter Moffat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | English legal system ⓘ |
| depictsProfession | barrister ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Hilary Salmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2011-02-22 ⓘ |
| firstAiredYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| format | serial drama ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Silk: The Clerks Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2014-03-31 ⓘ |
| lastAiredYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan Cowdrey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billy Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ Caroline Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Clive Reader NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | competition for Queen's Counsel status ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 18 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalRunEnd | 2014 ⓘ |
| originalRunStart | 2011 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Alex Jennings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frances Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ Maxine Peake NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Stuke NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert Penry-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Drama Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Peter Moffat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFocus | barristers ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| theme |
personal lives of barristers
ⓘ
professional lives of barristers ⓘ |
| writer | Peter Moffat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Silk Description of subject: Silk is a British legal drama television series centered on the personal and professional lives of barristers in London.
Referenced by (10)
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