Red Dwarf
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Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom set aboard a mining spaceship, known for its offbeat humor, cult following, and blend of comedy with speculative sci-fi themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Dwarf canonical | 8 |
| Red Dwarf: The Promised Land | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8009627 — 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: Red Dwarf Context triple: [Sarah Alexander, notableWork, Red Dwarf]
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A.
Harry Enfield and Chums
Harry Enfield and Chums is a 1990s British sketch comedy television series known for its memorable recurring characters and satirical take on contemporary British life.
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B.
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British crime film about a group of ex-military men who plan and execute a meticulously organized bank robbery.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction saga, following Arthur Dent's absurd adventures through space after Earth's destruction.
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D.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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E.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a groundbreaking British sketch comedy television series known for its surreal, absurdist humor and influential impact on modern comedy.
- 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: Red Dwarf Target entity description: Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom set aboard a mining spaceship, known for its offbeat humor, cult following, and blend of comedy with speculative sci-fi themes.
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A.
Harry Enfield and Chums
Harry Enfield and Chums is a 1990s British sketch comedy television series known for its memorable recurring characters and satirical take on contemporary British life.
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B.
The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British crime film about a group of ex-military men who plan and execute a meticulously organized bank robbery.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 1981 BBC television adaptation of Douglas Adams' comic science fiction saga, following Arthur Dent's absurd adventures through space after Earth's destruction.
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D.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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E.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a groundbreaking British sketch comedy television series known for its surreal, absurdist humor and influential impact on modern comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
science fiction sitcom
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| awardReceived | International Emmy Award for Popular Arts (nominated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Doug Naylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rob Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC Worldwide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1988-02-15 ⓘ |
| format | multi-camera ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult TV fanbase ⓘ |
| hasSpecial |
Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
NERFINISHED
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Red Dwarf: The Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
Better Than Life
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Red Dwarf novels ⓘ Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.reddwarf.co.uk/ ⓘ |
| laterBroadcastBy | Dave (TV channel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arnold Rimmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Lister NERFINISHED ⓘ Holly NERFINISHED ⓘ Kryten NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of comedy and speculative science fiction
ⓘ
cult following ⓘ offbeat humor ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 12 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastBy | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Chris Barrie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Craig Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny John-Jules NERFINISHED ⓘ Hattie Hayridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Lovett NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Llewellyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BBC North
NERFINISHED
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Grant Naylor Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setIn | mining spaceship Red Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | far future ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
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identity ⓘ isolation in deep space ⓘ survival ⓘ |
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: Red Dwarf Description of subject: Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom set aboard a mining spaceship, known for its offbeat humor, cult following, and blend of comedy with speculative sci-fi themes.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land