Captain Kevin Darling
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Captain Kevin Darling is a fawning, career-obsessed British Army staff officer and comic foil from the World War I sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Captain Kevin Darling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8154319 — 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: Captain Kevin Darling Context triple: [General Melchett, associatedWith, Captain Kevin Darling]
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A.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
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B.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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C.
Captain Mike Yates
Captain Mike Yates is a UNIT officer and recurring ally of the Third Doctor in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
Captain Craig
"Captain Craig" is a long narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that explores the troubled psyche and philosophical musings of its eccentric title character.
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E.
Captain Bill Owens
Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
- 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: Captain Kevin Darling Target entity description: Captain Kevin Darling is a fawning, career-obsessed British Army staff officer and comic foil from the World War I sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth."
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A.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
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B.
Captain Davenport
Captain Davenport is a principled Black Army officer in the film "A Soldier's Story" who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier amid racial tensions on a segregated World War II-era base.
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C.
Captain Mike Yates
Captain Mike Yates is a UNIT officer and recurring ally of the Third Doctor in the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
Captain Craig
"Captain Craig" is a long narrative poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson that explores the troubled psyche and philosophical musings of its eccentric title character.
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E.
Captain Bill Owens
Captain Bill Owens is the skilled and level-headed submarine commander who leads the miniaturized crew on their perilous mission inside a human body in the science fiction film "Fantastic Voyage."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Blackadder character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| alignment |
British Army General Staff
ⓘ
linked to:
British Army general staff
|
| appearsIn |
Blackadder Goes Forth
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackadder
|
| appearsInSeason |
Blackadder series 4
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackadder
|
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
bureaucratic ⓘ career-obsessed ⓘ cowardly ⓘ fawning ⓘ sycophantic ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfService | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdFor |
Blackadder Goes Forth
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackadder
|
| creator |
Ben Elton
ⓘ
Richard Curtis ⓘ |
| death | killed in action in World War I ⓘ |
| deathScene | dies going over the top with Blackadder, George and Baldrick ⓘ |
| employer |
British Army General Staff
ⓘ
linked to:
British Army general staff
|
| familyName | Darling ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Blackadder ⓘ |
| finalAppearance |
Blackadder Goes Forth, Episode 6 "Goodbyeee"
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackadder
|
| firstAppearance |
Blackadder Goes Forth, Episode 1 "Captain Cook"
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackadder
|
| fullName | Kevin Darling ⓘ |
| genre |
sitcom
ⓘ
war comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Kevin ⓘ |
| humourStyle |
situational comedy
ⓘ
verbal comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| loyalty | General Melchett ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist to Captain Blackadder
ⓘ
comic foil ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFeature | surname used as running joke ⓘ |
| notableInteraction | frequently mocked by Captain Blackadder for his name ⓘ |
| occupation |
adjutant
ⓘ
staff officer ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tim McInnerny ⓘ |
| rank | Captain ⓘ |
| relationship |
adversary of Private Baldrick
ⓘ
colleague of Lieutenant George ⓘ rival of Captain Edmund Blackadder ⓘ subordinate of General Melchett ⓘ |
| series | Blackadder ⓘ |
| setting | Western Front ⓘ |
| worksFor | General Melchett ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain Kevin Darling Description of subject: Captain Kevin Darling is a fawning, career-obsessed British Army staff officer and comic foil from the World War I sitcom "Blackadder Goes Forth."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.