Dennis Patterson
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Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dennis Patterson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6362764 — 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: Dennis Patterson Context triple: [Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, mainCharacter, Dennis Patterson]
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A.
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
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B.
Dennis Reynolds
Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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C.
Dennis Hull
Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
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D.
Neal Patterson
Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
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E.
Dennis Awtrey
Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
- 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: Dennis Patterson Target entity description: Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
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A.
Dennis Phillips
Dennis Phillips is a character from the television series "Soap," known primarily as a romantic partner of Jodie Dallas in the show's groundbreaking portrayal of LGBTQ+ relationships.
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B.
Dennis Reynolds
Dennis Reynolds is a narcissistic, manipulative co-owner of Paddy’s Pub and one of the main characters in the dark comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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C.
Dennis Hull
Dennis Hull is a former Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played primarily for the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL and is the younger brother of Hall of Famer Bobby Hull.
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D.
Neal Patterson
Neal Patterson was an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of the health information technology company Cerner Corporation.
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E.
Dennis Awtrey
Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
level-headed
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reliable ⓘ responsible ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdFor | British television series ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet series 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Newcastle upon Tyne (fictional home base) ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | group of itinerant construction workers ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
mediator within the group
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voice of reason ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
bricklayer
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construction worker ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tim Healy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | group leader ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Barry Taylor
NERFINISHED
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Bomber Busbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Moxey NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ Oz Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Norris 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: Dennis Patterson Description of subject: Dennis Patterson is a central character in the British television drama-comedy "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet," known as the responsible, level-headed leader among a group of itinerant construction workers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.