Porridge
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Porridge is a classic British sitcom set in a prison, starring Ronnie Barker as a wisecracking inmate serving time in a fictional UK jail.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Porridge canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7806731 — 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: Porridge Context triple: [Peter Vaughan, notableWork, Porridge]
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A.
The Breakfast
The Breakfast is a Rococo painting by French artist François Boucher that depicts an intimate domestic scene of an aristocratic family gathered around a morning meal.
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B.
The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Roly-Poly Pudding is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with rats who try to cook him into a pudding.
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C.
Haggis
Haggis is a traditional Scottish savory pudding made from sheep offal, oatmeal, and spices, typically encased in a sheep’s stomach.
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D.
Grits
Grits is a comic character in the 1858 American play "Our American Cousin," known for contributing to the play’s broad humor and farcical situations.
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E.
Grits
Grits is a hip hop track by the British electronic duo Organix, known for blending rap elements with their signature experimental production style.
- 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: Porridge Target entity description: Porridge is a classic British sitcom set in a prison, starring Ronnie Barker as a wisecracking inmate serving time in a fictional UK jail.
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A.
The Breakfast
The Breakfast is a Rococo painting by French artist François Boucher that depicts an intimate domestic scene of an aristocratic family gathered around a morning meal.
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B.
The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Roly-Poly Pudding is a children's story by Beatrix Potter featuring Tom Kitten's misadventures with rats who try to cook him into a pudding.
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C.
Haggis
Haggis is a traditional Scottish savory pudding made from sheep offal, oatmeal, and spices, typically encased in a sheep’s stomach.
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D.
Grits
Grits is a hip hop track by the British electronic duo Organix, known for blending rap elements with their signature experimental production style.
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E.
Grits
Grits is a comic character in the 1858 American play "Our American Cousin," known for contributing to the play’s broad humor and farcical situations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television sitcom ⓘ |
| awarded | BAFTA for Ronnie Barker (acting recognition) ⓘ |
| character |
Harry Grout
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lennie Godber NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr Barrowclough NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr Mackay NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Stanley Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Dick Clement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ian La Frenais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | multi-camera ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1974 ⓘ |
| format | half-hour episodes ⓘ |
| genre |
prison comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation | Porridge (1979 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequelSeries | Porridge (2016 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpecialEpisode | Yes ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1977 ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | prisoner ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | wisecracking ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 21 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastSlot | prime time ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Slade Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | fictional British prison ⓘ |
| spinOff | Going Straight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Brian Wilde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fulton Mackay NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Beckinsale NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | comedic ⓘ |
| typicalTheme | life of inmates in a British prison ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Porridge Description of subject: Porridge is a classic British sitcom set in a prison, starring Ronnie Barker as a wisecracking inmate serving time in a fictional UK jail.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.