Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
E805330
Friar Tuck in the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is the jovial, stout, and combative monk who becomes one of Robin Hood’s most loyal and humorous Merry Men.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9539671 — 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: Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) Context triple: [Eugene Pallette, portrayedCharacter, Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)]
-
A.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is the suave, ruthless Norman nobleman who serves as Robin Hood’s primary sword-wielding antagonist.
-
B.
Robin Hood plays
Robin Hood plays are dramatic works, often set in medieval England, that depict the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men in adventures of heroism, justice, and resistance against tyranny.
-
C.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) is a classic Technicolor swashbuckler starring Errol Flynn as the legendary outlaw hero, renowned for its rousing action, romantic adventure, and influential portrayal of the Robin Hood legend.
-
D.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 adventure film that reimagines the legendary English outlaw’s fight against tyranny, starring Kevin Costner and featuring Alan Rickman’s acclaimed performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
-
E.
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film)
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film) is an animated adventure-comedy that reimagines the classic Robin Hood legend with anthropomorphic animals, featuring Robin as a fox battling the corrupt Prince John and his allies.
- 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: Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) Target entity description: Friar Tuck in the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is the jovial, stout, and combative monk who becomes one of Robin Hood’s most loyal and humorous Merry Men.
-
A.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
Sir Guy of Gisbourne in the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is the suave, ruthless Norman nobleman who serves as Robin Hood’s primary sword-wielding antagonist.
-
B.
Robin Hood plays
Robin Hood plays are dramatic works, often set in medieval England, that depict the legendary outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men in adventures of heroism, justice, and resistance against tyranny.
-
C.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) is a classic Technicolor swashbuckler starring Errol Flynn as the legendary outlaw hero, renowned for its rousing action, romantic adventure, and influential portrayal of the Robin Hood legend.
-
D.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991 film)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 adventure film that reimagines the legendary English outlaw’s fight against tyranny, starring Kevin Costner and featuring Alan Rickman’s acclaimed performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
-
E.
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film)
Disney's Robin Hood (1973 film) is an animated adventure-comedy that reimagines the classic Robin Hood legend with anthropomorphic animals, featuring Robin as a fox battling the corrupt Prince John and his allies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Robin Hood's Merry Men
ⓘ
linked to:
Merry Men
|
| appearsIn | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn | Friar Tuck ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
combative
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ jovial ⓘ stout ⓘ |
| costumeFeature |
brown friar's robe
ⓘ
rope belt ⓘ |
| createdForWork | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Prince John (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
Sheriff of Nottingham (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938) ⓘ Sir Guy of Gisbourne (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938) ⓘ |
| filmFormatContext | Technicolor ⓘ |
| filmGenreContext | swashbuckler ⓘ |
| humorStyle |
physical comedy
ⓘ
witty banter ⓘ |
| joinsGroup | Merry Men of Sherwood Forest ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
King Richard the Lionheart (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
Robin Hood (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938) ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
|
| narrativeFunction | embodies the churchman sympathetic to the poor ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| notableAbility | skilled fighter despite stout build ⓘ |
| notableScene | quarterstaff duel with Robin Hood at the stream ⓘ |
| occupation |
friar
ⓘ
monk ⓘ |
| personality |
boisterous
ⓘ
good-natured ⓘ pugnacious ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Eugene Pallette ⓘ |
| productionCompanyContext |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| religiousOrder |
Franciscan (implied)
ⓘ
linked to:
Franciscan Order
|
| roleInPlot |
participates in rescuing King Richard's supporters
ⓘ
provides comic relief ⓘ supports Robin Hood's rebellion against Prince John ⓘ |
| setting | Sherwood Forest ⓘ |
| sharesScreenWith |
Little John (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland portrayal) ⓘ
linked to:
Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian
Much the Miller's Son (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938) ⓘ Robin Hood (Errol Flynn portrayal) ⓘ
linked to:
Robin Hood
Will Scarlet (The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938) ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | reign of King Richard I of England ⓘ |
| weapon |
quarterstaff
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
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: Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) Description of subject: Friar Tuck in the 1938 film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is the jovial, stout, and combative monk who becomes one of Robin Hood’s most loyal and humorous Merry Men.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Pallette