Adam Goodman is the elder son of the Goodman family
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Adam Goodman is a central comedic character in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known as the mischievous, sarcastic older brother in the Goodman family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Adam Goodman is the elder son of the Goodman family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10466325 — 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: Adam Goodman is the elder son of the Goodman family Context triple: [Friday Night Dinner, characterRole, Adam Goodman is the elder son of the Goodman family]
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A.
Les Goodman
Les Goodman is a suspicious, scapegoated neighbor in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," whose odd behavior fuels the community’s descent into paranoia.
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B.
Joel Goodson
Joel Goodson is the enterprising suburban teenager portrayed by Tom Cruise in the 1983 film "Risky Business," whose misadventures while his parents are away lead him into a chaotic mix of rebellion, romance, and unexpected entrepreneurship.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Edwin Goodman
Edwin Goodman was an American businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
- 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 is the elder son of the Goodman family Target entity description: Adam Goodman is a central comedic character in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known as the mischievous, sarcastic older brother in the Goodman family.
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A.
Les Goodman
Les Goodman is a suspicious, scapegoated neighbor in the classic The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," whose odd behavior fuels the community’s descent into paranoia.
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B.
Joel Goodson
Joel Goodson is the enterprising suburban teenager portrayed by Tom Cruise in the 1983 film "Risky Business," whose misadventures while his parents are away lead him into a chaotic mix of rebellion, romance, and unexpected entrepreneurship.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Edwin Goodman
Edwin Goodman was an American businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Friday Night Dinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType |
mischievous
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sarcastic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYoungerBrother | Jonny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adam Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jackie Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Goodman family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | musician ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Jackie Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Martin Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Simon Bird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentInWork | every episode family Friday night dinner setting ⓘ |
| roleInSeries | central character ⓘ |
| siblingOrder |
elder son
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older brother ⓘ |
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: Adam Goodman is the elder son of the Goodman family Description of subject: Adam Goodman is a central comedic character in the British sitcom "Friday Night Dinner," known as the mischievous, sarcastic older brother in the Goodman family.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.