Adam Smallbone
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Adam Smallbone is the fictional, well-meaning but often beleaguered inner-city vicar at the center of the British television sitcom "Rev."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam Smallbone canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10588959 — 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 Smallbone Context triple: [Reverend Adam Smallbone, fullName, Adam Smallbone]
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A.
Billy Talbot
Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
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B.
Charlie Smalls
Charlie Smalls was an American composer and songwriter best known for creating the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz."
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C.
Eric Blore
Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
Marcus Stone
Marcus Stone was a 19th-century British painter and illustrator known for his work on Victorian novels and historical subjects.
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E.
Adam Bull
Adam Bull is a prominent Australian ballet dancer recognized for his distinguished career as a principal artist with The Australian Ballet.
- 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 Smallbone Target entity description: Adam Smallbone is the fictional, well-meaning but often beleaguered inner-city vicar at the center of the British television sitcom "Rev."
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A.
Billy Talbot
Billy Talbot is an American bassist best known as a founding member of Neil Young’s backing band Crazy Horse.
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B.
Charlie Smalls
Charlie Smalls was an American composer and songwriter best known for creating the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical "The Wiz."
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C.
Eric Blore
Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
Marcus Stone
Marcus Stone was a 19th-century British painter and illustrator known for his work on Victorian novels and historical subjects.
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E.
Adam Bull
Adam Bull is a prominent Australian ballet dancer recognized for his distinguished career as a principal artist with The Australian Ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Rev.
ⓘ
linked to:
Rev. (TV series)
|
| appearsInGenre | British television comedy ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| characterArcIncludes |
attempts to revitalize parish
ⓘ
conflict with church hierarchy ⓘ crises of faith ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
beleaguered
ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ idealistic ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ self-doubting ⓘ well-meaning ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSeries | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdFor | BBC Two ⓘ |
| denomination | Church of England ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Rev. (TV series) ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Rev. series 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkContext |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clergy and community
ⓘ
personal faith and doubt ⓘ religion in contemporary society ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic depiction of modern Anglican ministry
ⓘ
honest portrayal of clergy life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| networkDebut | BBC Two ⓘ |
| occupation | vicar ⓘ |
| parishType | urban parish ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Tom Hollander ⓘ |
| position | inner-city vicar ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Alex Smallbone ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
balancing faith and modern life
ⓘ
bureaucracy of the Church of England ⓘ declining church attendance ⓘ personal doubt ⓘ |
| targetAudienceContext | adult viewers ⓘ |
| televisionFormat | live-action ⓘ |
| televisionSeriesDebutDecade | 2010s ⓘ |
| worksAt | St Saviour in the Marshes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Adam Smallbone Description of subject: Adam Smallbone is the fictional, well-meaning but often beleaguered inner-city vicar at the center of the British television sitcom "Rev."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.