Alfred P. Doolittle
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Alfred P. Doolittle is a jovial, hard-drinking dustman and the comically amoral father of Eliza Doolittle in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfred Doolittle | 3 |
| Alfred P. Doolittle canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6579207 — 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: Alfred P. Doolittle Context triple: [My Fair Lady (film), character, Alfred P. Doolittle]
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A.
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum is a central figure in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s satirical drama, known as the ruthless, business-minded boss of the London beggars.
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B.
Stanley Booth
Stanley Booth is an American music journalist and author best known for his writings on rock and blues, particularly his acclaimed book about the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Dora Spenlow
Dora Spenlow is a charming but naive young woman who becomes David Copperfield’s first wife in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
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D.
Tom Sayers
Tom Sayers was a celebrated 19th-century English bare-knuckle prizefighter regarded as one of the greatest boxers of his era.
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E.
Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle is the spirited Cockney flower girl who becomes the central subject of a phonetic and social transformation in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Pygmalion" and its musical adaptation "My Fair Lady."
- 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: Alfred P. Doolittle Target entity description: Alfred P. Doolittle is a jovial, hard-drinking dustman and the comically amoral father of Eliza Doolittle in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
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A.
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum is a central figure in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s satirical drama, known as the ruthless, business-minded boss of the London beggars.
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B.
Stanley Booth
Stanley Booth is an American music journalist and author best known for his writings on rock and blues, particularly his acclaimed book about the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Dora Spenlow
Dora Spenlow is a charming but naive young woman who becomes David Copperfield’s first wife in Charles Dickens’s novel "David Copperfield."
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D.
Tom Sayers
Tom Sayers was a celebrated 19th-century English bare-knuckle prizefighter regarded as one of the greatest boxers of his era.
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E.
Eliza Doolittle
Eliza Doolittle is the spirited Cockney flower girl who becomes the central subject of a phonetic and social transformation in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Pygmalion" and its musical adaptation "My Fair Lady."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ stage character ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom |
Pygmalion (play)
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linked to:
Pygmalion
|
| appearsIn |
My Fair Lady
ⓘ
linked to:
My Fair Lady (film)
Pygmalion ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
musical film
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
My Fair Lady (1956 stage musical)
ⓘ
linked to:
My Fair Lady (stage direction)
My Fair Lady (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to:
My Fair Lady (film)
|
| basedOn | character created by George Bernard Shaw ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
comically amoral
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hard-drinking ⓘ jovial ⓘ |
| child | Eliza Doolittle ⓘ |
| creator | George Bernard Shaw ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | English literature ⓘ |
| familyName | Doolittle ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | My Fair Lady universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Pygmalion (1913 play)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pygmalion
|
| fullName | Alfred P. Doolittle ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| moralView | advocates "middle-class morality" ironically ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
ⓘ
father figure ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | dustman ⓘ |
| personality |
boisterous
ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Stanley Holloway
ⓘ
Stanley Holloway (1964 film adaptation) ⓘ
linked to:
My Fair Lady (film)
Stanley Holloway (original Broadway production) ⓘ Stanley Holloway (original London production) ⓘ
linked to:
Stanley Holloway
|
| relationshipToElizaDoolittle | father ⓘ |
| relative | Eliza Doolittle ⓘ |
| setting |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| singsSong |
Get Me to the Church on Time
ⓘ
With a Little Bit of Luck ⓘ
linked to:
With a Little Luck
|
| socialClass | working class ⓘ |
| speaksLanguage | English ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
class
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morality ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alfred P. Doolittle Description of subject: Alfred P. Doolittle is a jovial, hard-drinking dustman and the comically amoral father of Eliza Doolittle in the musical film "My Fair Lady."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alfred P. Doolittle
linked to: Alfred P. Doolittle