The Job Lot
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The Job Lot is a British sitcom set in a busy West Midlands job centre, focusing on the comedic and often chaotic lives of its staff and jobseekers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Job Lot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10975056 — 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: The Job Lot Context triple: [Sophie McShera, appearedInTVSeries, The Job Lot]
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A.
The Lot of Fun
The Lot of Fun is the famous nickname for Hal Roach Studios, the prolific Hollywood studio best known for producing classic comedy films and series such as Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang.
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B.
Chop Shop
Chop Shop is a critically acclaimed 2007 independent drama film set in Queens, New York, following a young boy working in an auto-body repair district, directed by Ramin Bahrani.
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C.
The Bargain Store
"The Bargain Store" is a 1975 country song by Dolly Parton, known for its metaphorical lyrics comparing a woman's emotional scars to discounted goods in a thrift shop.
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D.
The Big Box
The Big Box is a children's book by Toni Morrison that explores themes of freedom and control through the story of three kids who are confined to a special room despite their good behavior.
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E.
The Big Box
The Big Box is a colloquial nickname for the city of El Cajon in California, reflecting its box-like valley geography.
- 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: The Job Lot Target entity description: The Job Lot is a British sitcom set in a busy West Midlands job centre, focusing on the comedic and often chaotic lives of its staff and jobseekers.
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A.
The Lot of Fun
The Lot of Fun is the famous nickname for Hal Roach Studios, the prolific Hollywood studio best known for producing classic comedy films and series such as Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang.
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B.
Chop Shop
Chop Shop is a critically acclaimed 2007 independent drama film set in Queens, New York, following a young boy working in an auto-body repair district, directed by Ramin Bahrani.
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C.
The Bargain Store
"The Bargain Store" is a 1975 country song by Dolly Parton, known for its metaphorical lyrics comparing a woman's emotional scars to discounted goods in a thrift shop.
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D.
The Big Box
The Big Box is a children's book by Toni Morrison that explores themes of freedom and control through the story of three kids who are confined to a special room despite their good behavior.
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E.
The Big Box
The Big Box is a colloquial nickname for the city of El Cajon in California, reflecting its box-like valley geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television sitcom ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Stereo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Job centre staff
ⓘ
Jobseekers ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| firstAired | 2013 ⓘ |
| format | Television series ⓘ |
| genre |
Comedy
ⓘ
Sitcom ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Job seeking
ⓘ
Public sector bureaucracy ⓘ Unemployment ⓘ Workplace life ⓘ |
| hasTheme | Workplace comedy ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2015 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Angela
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bryony NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ George NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Lyndhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalie NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Trish Collingwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 18 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalChannelForSeries1 | ITV GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalChannelFromSeries2Onwards | ITV2 GENERATED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | Half-hour episodes ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ITV
ⓘ
ITV2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 16:9 ⓘ |
| producer | Big Talk Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | Approximately 30 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Job centre
ⓘ
West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Adeel Akhtar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angela Curran NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Enright NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Marquez NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Tovey NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Hadland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie McShera NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamla Kari NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Maudsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Job Lot Description of subject: The Job Lot is a British sitcom set in a busy West Midlands job centre, focusing on the comedic and often chaotic lives of its staff and jobseekers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.