Jo Brand
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Jo Brand is a British comedian, writer, and actress known for her deadpan stand-up and for co-creating and starring in the original UK medical comedy series "Getting On."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jo Brand canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6067402 — 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: Jo Brand Context triple: [Getting On (U.S. TV series), basedOnWorkBy, Jo Brand]
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A.
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian actress and voice artist known for her character roles in film, television, and theatre, including appearances in the Harry Potter series and numerous acclaimed stage productions.
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B.
Sally Phillips
Sally Phillips is a British actress and comedian known for her roles in films like the Bridget Jones series and for her work in sketch comedy shows such as "Smack the Pony."
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C.
Cheryl Hines
Cheryl Hines is an American actress and director best known for her role as Larry David’s wife, Cheryl, on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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D.
Jenni Murray
Jenni Murray is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for her long tenure as the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
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E.
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley is a British actress, presenter, and former model best known for her iconic role as Patsy Stone in the television series "Absolutely Fabulous."
- 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: Jo Brand Target entity description: Jo Brand is a British comedian, writer, and actress known for her deadpan stand-up and for co-creating and starring in the original UK medical comedy series "Getting On."
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A.
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes is a British-Australian actress and voice artist known for her character roles in film, television, and theatre, including appearances in the Harry Potter series and numerous acclaimed stage productions.
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B.
Sally Phillips
Sally Phillips is a British actress and comedian known for her roles in films like the Bridget Jones series and for her work in sketch comedy shows such as "Smack the Pony."
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C.
Cheryl Hines
Cheryl Hines is an American actress and director best known for her role as Larry David’s wife, Cheryl, on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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D.
Jenni Murray
Jenni Murray is a British journalist and broadcaster best known for her long tenure as the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
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E.
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley is a British actress, presenter, and former model best known for her iconic role as Patsy Stone in the television series "Absolutely Fabulous."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ presenter ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Have I Got News for You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
QI NERFINISHED ⓘ Would I Lie to You? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | British Comedy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Josephine Grace Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreated | Getting On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comedyStyle | deadpan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hastings High School for Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
sitcom writing
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stand-up comedy ⓘ television comedy ⓘ |
| genre | stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Josephine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | black comedy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jo Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Load of Old Balls: Women, Men and Other Mythical Creatures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Getting On NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Brand's Hot Potatoes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Brand: Through the Cakehole NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice NERFINISHED ⓘ The More You Ignore Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ nurse ⓘ television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Comic Relief
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sport Relief NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| presented | The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| starredIn | Getting On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAs | psychiatric nurse ⓘ |
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: Jo Brand Description of subject: Jo Brand is a British comedian, writer, and actress known for her deadpan stand-up and for co-creating and starring in the original UK medical comedy series "Getting On."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Getting On (U.S. TV series)