Leslie Phillips
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Leslie Phillips was a British actor and voice artist best known for his suave, comedic roles in films such as the "Carry On" series and for voicing the Sorting Hat in the "Harry Potter" movies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leslie Phillips canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10660773 — 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: Leslie Phillips Context triple: [Venus (2006 film), starring, Leslie Phillips]
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A.
Lois Smith
Lois Smith is an American character actress known for her nuanced performances in film, television, and theater over a career spanning several decades.
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B.
Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason is an American actress known for her acclaimed film and stage work, including multiple Academy Award–nominated performances in 1970s and 1980s dramas and romantic comedies.
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C.
Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns was a British actress and singer known for her distinctive husky voice and roles in films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Court Jester," as well as her work on stage and television.
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D.
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk was an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s film noir and horror, including the classic 3D film "House of Wax."
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E.
Phyllis Ada Driver
Phyllis Ada Driver, better known as Phyllis Diller, was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actress famed for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, and groundbreaking role for women in comedy.
- 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: Leslie Phillips Target entity description: Leslie Phillips was a British actor and voice artist best known for his suave, comedic roles in films such as the "Carry On" series and for voicing the Sorting Hat in the "Harry Potter" movies.
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A.
Lois Smith
Lois Smith is an American character actress known for her nuanced performances in film, television, and theater over a career spanning several decades.
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B.
Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason is an American actress known for her acclaimed film and stage work, including multiple Academy Award–nominated performances in 1970s and 1980s dramas and romantic comedies.
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C.
Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns was a British actress and singer known for her distinctive husky voice and roles in films such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Court Jester," as well as her work on stage and television.
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D.
Phyllis Kirk
Phyllis Kirk was an American actress best known for her roles in 1950s film noir and horror, including the classic 3D film "House of Wax."
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E.
Phyllis Ada Driver
Phyllis Ada Driver, better known as Phyllis Diller, was a pioneering American stand-up comedian and actress famed for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, and groundbreaking role for women in comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-04-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-11-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Leslie Samuel Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | CBE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
catchphrase "Ding dong"
ⓘ
catchphrase "Hello" ⓘ suave comedic roles ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carry On Columbus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Carry On Constable NERFINISHED ⓘ Carry On Nurse NERFINISHED ⓘ Carry On Teacher NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor in Clover NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor in Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire of the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Lara Croft: Tomb Raider NERFINISHED ⓘ The Navy Lark NERFINISHED ⓘ Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ radio actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Tottenham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Angela Scoular
NERFINISHED
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Penelope Bartley NERFINISHED ⓘ Zara Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voicedCharacter | Sorting Hat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1934–2012 ⓘ |
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: Leslie Phillips Description of subject: Leslie Phillips was a British actor and voice artist best known for his suave, comedic roles in films such as the "Carry On" series and for voicing the Sorting Hat in the "Harry Potter" movies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.