Piers Haggard
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Piers Haggard was a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and drama, including the cult classic "The Blood on Satan's Claw" and episodes of influential UK TV series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piers Haggard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10491739 — 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: Piers Haggard Context triple: [Haggard, hasNotableBearer, Piers Haggard]
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A.
Piers Raymond
Piers Raymond Courage was a British racing driver best known for competing in Formula One in the late 1960s before his death at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.
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B.
John Hadden
John Hadden is a theater artist and director best known as a co-founder of the Shakespeare & Company theater troupe.
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C.
Michael Hamlyn
Michael Hamlyn is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Australian comedy-drama "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
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D.
John Hollowood
John Hollowood is a businessman known for being one of the founders of the multinational chemicals company Ineos.
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E.
Alec Troup
Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 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: Piers Haggard Target entity description: Piers Haggard was a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and drama, including the cult classic "The Blood on Satan's Claw" and episodes of influential UK TV series.
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A.
Piers Raymond
Piers Raymond Courage was a British racing driver best known for competing in Formula One in the late 1960s before his death at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix.
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B.
John Hadden
John Hadden is a theater artist and director best known as a co-founder of the Shakespeare & Company theater troupe.
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C.
Michael Hamlyn
Michael Hamlyn is a film producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Australian comedy-drama "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
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D.
John Hollowood
John Hollowood is a businessman known for being one of the founders of the multinational chemicals company Ineos.
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E.
Alec Troup
Alec Troup was a Scottish professional footballer known for playing as a winger in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
film director ⓘ human ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| directed |
Pennies from Heaven
NERFINISHED
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Quatermass (1979 TV serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blood on Satan's Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directedEpisodesOf |
Armchair Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Play for Today NERFINISHED ⓘ The Avengers NERFINISHED ⓘ The House of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Haggard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drama
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film ⓘ horror ⓘ television ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Piers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Piers Haggard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
British television drama
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cult horror cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Armchair Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Pennies from Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Play for Today NERFINISHED ⓘ Quatermass (1979 TV serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Avengers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blood on Satan's Claw NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu NERFINISHED ⓘ The House of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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television director ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Piers Haggard Description of subject: Piers Haggard was a British film and television director best known for his work in horror and drama, including the cult classic "The Blood on Satan's Claw" and episodes of influential UK TV series.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.