Paula Yates
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Paula Yates was a British television presenter and writer best known for her work on Channel 4’s “The Tube” and “The Big Breakfast,” as well as her high-profile relationships with Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paula Yates canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10503438 — 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: Paula Yates Context triple: [Yates, hasNotableBearer, Paula Yates]
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A.
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman is an acclaimed English actress known for her versatile work in television, film, and theatre, including notable roles in Mike Leigh collaborations and classic literary adaptations.
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B.
Fern Britton
Fern Britton is a British television presenter and author best known for her long-running work on daytime TV and her warm, approachable on-screen style.
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C.
Julie Peters
Julie Peters is the female lead in the 1988 apocalyptic thriller film "Miracle Mile," serving as the romantic interest whose chance encounter with the protagonist sets the story in motion.
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D.
Paula McFadden
Paula McFadden is the single-mother protagonist of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," known for her sharp wit, vulnerability, and evolving relationship with an eccentric actor who becomes her unexpected roommate.
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E.
Anne Robinson
Anne Robinson is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential New Age and acoustic music label Windham Hill Records.
- 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: Paula Yates Target entity description: Paula Yates was a British television presenter and writer best known for her work on Channel 4’s “The Tube” and “The Big Breakfast,” as well as her high-profile relationships with Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence.
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A.
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman is an acclaimed English actress known for her versatile work in television, film, and theatre, including notable roles in Mike Leigh collaborations and classic literary adaptations.
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B.
Fern Britton
Fern Britton is a British television presenter and author best known for her long-running work on daytime TV and her warm, approachable on-screen style.
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C.
Julie Peters
Julie Peters is the female lead in the 1988 apocalyptic thriller film "Miracle Mile," serving as the romantic interest whose chance encounter with the protagonist sets the story in motion.
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D.
Paula McFadden
Paula McFadden is the single-mother protagonist of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "The Goodbye Girl," known for her sharp wit, vulnerability, and evolving relationship with an eccentric actor who becomes her unexpected roommate.
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E.
Anne Robinson
Anne Robinson is an American music executive best known as the co-founder of the influential New Age and acoustic music label Windham Hill Records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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journalist ⓘ television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| birthName | Paula Elizabeth Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heroin overdose ⓘ |
| child |
Fifi Trixibelle Geldof
NERFINISHED
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Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence NERFINISHED ⓘ Peaches Geldof NERFINISHED ⓘ Pixie Geldof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-04-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-09-17 ⓘ |
| employer | Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | celebrity journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Paula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Fifi Trixibelle Geldof
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence NERFINISHED ⓘ Peaches Geldof NERFINISHED ⓘ Pixie Geldof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Paula Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-profile relationships with Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence
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presenting music and entertainment television on Channel 4 ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Bob Geldof
NERFINISHED
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Michael Hutchence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Big Breakfast
NERFINISHED
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The Tube NERFINISHED ⓘ interviews on The Big Breakfast bed segment ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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television presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| partner | Michael Hutchence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Colwyn Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| spouse | Bob Geldof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionShow |
The Big Breakfast
NERFINISHED
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The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tube NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tube on Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteFor | music press ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Paula Yates Description of subject: Paula Yates was a British television presenter and writer best known for her work on Channel 4’s “The Tube” and “The Big Breakfast,” as well as her high-profile relationships with Bob Geldof and Michael Hutchence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.