Paul Spector
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Paul Spector is the fictional serial killer and family man antagonist in the British-Irish crime drama series "The Fall."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paul Spector canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8516413 — 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: Paul Spector Context triple: [Jamie Dornan, characterPortrayed, Paul Spector]
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A.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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B.
Douglas Meyer
Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
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C.
Glen Sobel
Glen Sobel is an American rock drummer best known for his work with Alice Cooper and various high-profile hard rock and metal acts.
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D.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
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E.
Mark Blum
Mark Blum was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in movies like "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee."
- 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: Paul Spector Target entity description: Paul Spector is the fictional serial killer and family man antagonist in the British-Irish crime drama series "The Fall."
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A.
Philip Bruns
Philip Bruns was an American character actor best known for his television and film roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including his work on the satirical soap opera "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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B.
Douglas Meyer
Douglas Meyer is a theatrical producer best known for his work on the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Wedding Singer."
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C.
Glen Sobel
Glen Sobel is an American rock drummer best known for his work with Alice Cooper and various high-profile hard rock and metal acts.
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D.
Paul Bales
Paul Bales is a film producer known for his work on low-budget genre movies, including the fantasy action film "Avengers Grimm."
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E.
Mark Blum
Mark Blum was an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in movies like "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ serial killer ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Fall ⓘ |
| basedIn | Belfast ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Allan Cubitt ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Fall ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Fall, series 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
The Belfast Strangler
ⓘ
The Bridge Street Strangler ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Liam Spector
ⓘ
Olivia Spector ⓘ |
| hasProfessionCover | grief counsellor ⓘ |
| hasTheme | duality of family man and killer ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | primary antagonist of The Fall ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | English ⓘ |
| network |
BBC Two
ⓘ
RTÉ One ⓘ |
| notableFor | killing young professional women in Belfast ⓘ |
| occupation |
bereavement counsellor
ⓘ
serial killer ⓘ |
| opposes | Stella Gibson ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jamie Dornan ⓘ |
| psychologicalProfile | psychopathic traits ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| settingOfCrimes |
Belfast, Northern Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Belfast
|
| spouse | Sally Ann Spector ⓘ |
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: Paul Spector Description of subject: Paul Spector is the fictional serial killer and family man antagonist in the British-Irish crime drama series "The Fall."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.