Adam Goodman
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Adam Goodman is one of the two eccentric Goodman brothers in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known for his childish pranks, sibling rivalry, and awkward romantic misadventures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam Goodman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10466320 — 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: Adam Goodman Context triple: [Friday Night Dinner, mainCharacter, Adam Goodman]
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A.
David A. Goodman
David A. Goodman is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as Family Guy and for serving as president of the Writers Guild of America West.
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B.
Brian Goodman
Brian Goodman is an American actor and director known for his character roles in film and television, including a notable part in the crime drama series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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C.
Adam Ginsberg
Adam Ginsberg is a cinematographer best known for his work on the independent film "Nights and Weekends."
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D.
Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Abyss."
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E.
Al Goodman
Al Goodman was an American conductor and bandleader best known for his work on Broadway and radio during the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: Adam Goodman Target entity description: Adam Goodman is one of the two eccentric Goodman brothers in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known for his childish pranks, sibling rivalry, and awkward romantic misadventures.
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A.
David A. Goodman
David A. Goodman is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on animated series such as Family Guy and for serving as president of the Writers Guild of America West.
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B.
Brian Goodman
Brian Goodman is an American actor and director known for his character roles in film and television, including a notable part in the crime drama series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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C.
Adam Ginsberg
Adam Ginsberg is a cinematographer best known for his work on the independent film "Nights and Weekends."
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D.
Joel Goodman
Joel Goodman is a film editor known for his work on the movie "The Abyss."
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E.
Al Goodman
Al Goodman was an American conductor and bandleader best known for his work on Broadway and radio during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Friday Night Dinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisode |
Friday Night Dinner series 1
NERFINISHED
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Friday Night Dinner series 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friday Night Dinner series 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friday Night Dinner series 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friday Night Dinner series 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friday Night Dinner series 6 ⓘ |
| characteristic |
childish
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competitive with his brother ⓘ eccentric ⓘ musically inclined ⓘ socially awkward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Popper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Martin Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Nelly Buller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPet | Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeSetting | suburban family house ⓘ |
| householdRole | older brother ⓘ |
| knownFor |
awkward romantic misadventures
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catchphrase "Shit on it" ⓘ childish pranks ⓘ sibling rivalry with Jonny Goodman ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastBroadcastYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| mother | Jackie Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
copywriter
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musician ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | violin ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Simon Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipWith |
Emma
NERFINISHED
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Hannah NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Auntie Val NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sibling | Jonny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Adam Goodman Description of subject: Adam Goodman is one of the two eccentric Goodman brothers in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known for his childish pranks, sibling rivalry, and awkward romantic misadventures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.