Tim Brooke-Taylor
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Tim Brooke-Taylor was a British comedian, actor, and writer best known as a member of The Goodies and a long-serving panellist on the radio comedy show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tim Brooke-Taylor canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10462489 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Brooke-Taylor Context triple: [I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, creator, Tim Brooke-Taylor]
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A.
Clive Francis
Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period dramas.
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B.
Colin Watkinson
Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
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C.
Cyril Blamire
Cyril Blamire is a central fictional character known for appearing in the British television series "Last of the Summer Wine," particularly featured in the episode "Of Funerals and Fish."
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D.
Oliver Webb
Oliver Webb is a central character in the sitcom "The Golden Palace," serving as one of the key figures around whom the show's comedic and dramatic events revolve.
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E.
Tony Jay
Tony Jay was a British actor and voice actor renowned for his deep, resonant voice and villainous roles in animation, film, and video games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tim Brooke-Taylor Target entity description: Tim Brooke-Taylor was a British comedian, actor, and writer best known as a member of The Goodies and a long-serving panellist on the radio comedy show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue."
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A.
Clive Francis
Clive Francis is a British actor known for his extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in productions such as "A Clockwork Orange" and numerous period dramas.
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B.
Colin Watkinson
Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
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C.
Cyril Blamire
Cyril Blamire is a central fictional character known for appearing in the British television series "Last of the Summer Wine," particularly featured in the episode "Of Funerals and Fish."
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D.
Oliver Webb
Oliver Webb is a central character in the sitcom "The Golden Palace," serving as one of the key figures around whom the show's comedic and dramatic events revolve.
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E.
Tony Jay
Tony Jay was a British actor and voice actor renowned for his deep, resonant voice and villainous roles in animation, film, and video games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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human ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | OBE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
COVID-19
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complications from COVID-19 ⓘ |
| co-starredWith |
Bill Oddie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Graeme Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cleese NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| dateOfBirth | 1940-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-04-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pembroke College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winchester College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Brooke-Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
radio comedy
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television comedy ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Timothy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | two sons ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Officer of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
long-serving panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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member of The Goodies comedy trio ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tim Brooke-Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
At Last the 1948 Show
NERFINISHED
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Hello Cheeky NERFINISHED ⓘ I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue NERFINISHED ⓘ I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again NERFINISHED ⓘ The Goodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ radio personality ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Buxton
NERFINISHED
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Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berkshire
NERFINISHED
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Cookham NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ |
| spouse | Christine Weadon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Tim Brooke-Taylor Description of subject: Tim Brooke-Taylor was a British comedian, actor, and writer best known as a member of The Goodies and a long-serving panellist on the radio comedy show "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
subject surface form:
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue