Samuel West
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Samuel West is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical dramas such as "Darkest Hour."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samuel West canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10366386 — 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: Samuel West Context triple: [Darkest Hour, starring, Samuel West]
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A.
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy was a distinguished English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the Harry Potter series and the TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small.
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B.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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C.
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith was a British actor and author best known for his acclaimed stage work and his BAFTA-winning performance in the television series "The Jewel in the Crown."
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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
- 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: Samuel West Target entity description: Samuel West is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical dramas such as "Darkest Hour."
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A.
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy was a distinguished English actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in the Harry Potter series and the TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small.
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B.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin Whitrow was a British character actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of Mr. Bennet in the 1995 BBC adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice."
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C.
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith was a British actor and author best known for his acclaimed stage work and his BAFTA-winning performance in the television series "The Jewel in the Crown."
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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi is an acclaimed English actor known for his distinguished stage and screen career, including notable performances in classical theatre and numerous film and television roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford University
|
| employer |
National Theatre (UK)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Timothy West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
television acting ⓘ theatre acting ⓘ voice performance ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama
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historical drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Prunella Scales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Timothy West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
British period dramas
ⓘ
roles in historical dramas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Prunella Scales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Samuel West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Anthony Eden in Darkest Hour
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Leonard Bast in Howards End NERFINISHED ⓘ Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Any Human Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Darkest Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ Howards End NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyde Park on Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Iris NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr Selfridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Persuasion NERFINISHED ⓘ Suffragette NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Helsing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Samuel West Description of subject: Samuel West is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical dramas such as "Darkest Hour."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.