Meet the Wife
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Meet the Wife is a British television sitcom best known for starring Thora Hird as a domineering, sharp-tongued housewife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meet the Wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8512100 — 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: Meet the Wife Context triple: [Thora Hird, notableWork, Meet the Wife]
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A.
The Ex-Wife
The Ex-Wife is a British psychological thriller television series in which Celine Buckens stars as a woman whose seemingly perfect life unravels amid obsession, jealousy, and marital secrets.
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B.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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C.
Trophy Wife
Trophy Wife is an American television sitcom that follows a former party girl adjusting to life as the third wife in a complicated blended family.
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D.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is an 1887 stage drama by American playwright Henry Churchill DeMille that explores marriage, social reputation, and moral conflict in upper-class society.
- 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: Meet the Wife Target entity description: Meet the Wife is a British television sitcom best known for starring Thora Hird as a domineering, sharp-tongued housewife.
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A.
The Ex-Wife
The Ex-Wife is a British psychological thriller television series in which Celine Buckens stars as a woman whose seemingly perfect life unravels amid obsession, jealousy, and marital secrets.
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B.
My Wife and I
"My Wife and I" is a lesser-known domestic and social novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores marriage, morality, and middle-class life in the 19th century.
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C.
Trophy Wife
Trophy Wife is an American television sitcom that follows a former party girl adjusting to life as the third wife in a complicated blended family.
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D.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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E.
The Wife
"The Wife" is an 1887 stage drama by American playwright Henry Churchill DeMille that explores marriage, social reputation, and moral conflict in upper-class society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television sitcom ⓘ |
| basedOn | stage sketch by Freddie Frinton ⓘ |
| character |
Freddie Blacklock
ⓘ
Thora Blacklock ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1963 ⓘ |
| format | television series ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Freddie Frinton
ⓘ
Thora Hird ⓘ |
| hasGenre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Freddie Blacklock
ⓘ
Thora Blacklock ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1966 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
featuring Thora Hird as a domineering, sharp-tongued housewife
ⓘ
linked to:
Thora Hird
|
| numberOfEpisodes | 39 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastBy |
BBC Television Service
ⓘ
linked to:
BBC1
|
| originalNetwork | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| setting | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| starred |
Freddie Frinton
ⓘ
Thora Hird ⓘ |
| workType | scripted comedy series ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Meet the Wife Description of subject: Meet the Wife is a British television sitcom best known for starring Thora Hird as a domineering, sharp-tongued housewife.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.