Troughton
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Troughton is a British surname most notably associated with actor Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor in the long-running television series Doctor Who.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Troughton canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10809413 — 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: Troughton Context triple: [Patrick Troughton, familyName, Troughton]
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A.
Gambon
Gambon is the surname of Sir Michael Gambon, the acclaimed Irish-English actor best known for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
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B.
Tennant
Tennant is a British surname borne by various notable figures in the arts, sciences, and public life.
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C.
Whitrow
Whitrow is an English surname most notably associated with the late British actor Benjamin Whitrow.
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D.
Iver Heath
Iver Heath is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, known for its proximity to Pinewood Studios and its location within the parish of Iver.
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E.
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "The Larry Sanders Show" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
- 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: Troughton Target entity description: Troughton is a British surname most notably associated with actor Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor in the long-running television series Doctor Who.
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A.
Gambon
Gambon is the surname of Sir Michael Gambon, the acclaimed Irish-English actor best known for portraying Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series.
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B.
Tennant
Tennant is a British surname borne by various notable figures in the arts, sciences, and public life.
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C.
Whitrow
Whitrow is an English surname most notably associated with the late British actor Benjamin Whitrow.
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D.
Iver Heath
Iver Heath is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, known for its proximity to Pinewood Studios and its location within the parish of Iver.
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E.
Wallace Langham
Wallace Langham is an American actor best known for his roles on television series such as "The Larry Sanders Show" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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human ⓘ surname ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName |
Troughton
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Troughton ⓘ Troughton ⓘ Troughton ⓘ Troughton ⓘ Troughton ⓘ |
| hasNotableAssociation |
Doctor Who
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linked to:
The Doctor (Doctor Who)
Second Doctor ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
David Troughton
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Edward Troughton ⓘ Jim Troughton ⓘ Michael Troughton ⓘ Patrick Troughton ⓘ Sam Troughton ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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actor ⓘ actor ⓘ actor ⓘ cricketer ⓘ instrument maker ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| portrayed | Second Doctor ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Troughton Description of subject: Troughton is a British surname most notably associated with actor Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor in the long-running television series Doctor Who.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.