Nigel Patrick
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Nigel Patrick was a British stage and film actor known for his suave screen presence and prominent roles in mid-20th-century cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigel Patrick canonical | 4 |
| Anthony John | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7713482 — 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: Nigel Patrick Context triple: [Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, starring, Nigel Patrick]
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A.
Nigel Williams
Nigel Williams is a British novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his work in television dramas and literary fiction.
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B.
Nigel Harrison
Nigel Harrison is an English bassist best known for his work with the new wave band Blondie during their late-1970s and early-1980s peak.
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C.
Nigel Birch
Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
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D.
Nigel Wick
Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
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E.
Nigel Newton
Nigel Newton is a British-American publisher best known as the founder and longtime chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, the company that published the Harry Potter series.
- 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: Nigel Patrick Target entity description: Nigel Patrick was a British stage and film actor known for his suave screen presence and prominent roles in mid-20th-century cinema.
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A.
Nigel Williams
Nigel Williams is a British novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his work in television dramas and literary fiction.
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B.
Nigel Harrison
Nigel Harrison is an English bassist best known for his work with the new wave band Blondie during their late-1970s and early-1980s peak.
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C.
Nigel Birch
Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
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D.
Nigel Wick
Nigel Wick is a comically tyrannical and eccentric British boss on the American sitcom "The Drew Carey Show," known for his outrageous behavior and antagonistic relationship with the main character.
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E.
Nigel Newton
Nigel Newton is a British-American publisher best known as the founder and longtime chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing, the company that published the Harry Potter series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| birthName | Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1912-05-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-09-21 ⓘ |
| directed | stage productions in London ⓘ |
| familyName | Wemyss-Gorman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| givenName | Nigel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1951 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Old Vic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| name | Nigel Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
prominent roles in mid-20th-century British cinema
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suave screen presence ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Browning Version
NERFINISHED
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The Informers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jackal NERFINISHED ⓘ The League of Gentlemen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Could Work Miracles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Perfect Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sea Shall Not Have Them NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound Barrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| performedOn | West End stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Barnes, London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Westminster, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Beatrice Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
British film industry
NERFINISHED
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British theatre ⓘ |
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: Nigel Patrick Description of subject: Nigel Patrick was a British stage and film actor known for his suave screen presence and prominent roles in mid-20th-century cinema.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Anthony John
subject surface form:
Battle of Britain