Thomas
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Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10937773 — 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: Thomas Context triple: [Tommy Shelby, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
John
John is the given name of John Houseman, the Romanian-born British-American actor and producer known for his work in film, theater, and radio.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of Jack-Jack Parr, the infant superhero character from Pixar's "The Incredibles" franchise.
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C.
John
John IV of Portugal was a 17th-century Portuguese king who restored the country's independence from Spain and founded the Braganza dynasty.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Henry Patterson, an American industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company.
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E.
John
John is the first name of J. Michael Luttig, a prominent American conservative jurist and former federal appellate judge.
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the full given name of Tom Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback widely regarded as one of the greatest players in American football history.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of English actor Tom Sturridge, known for his work in film, television, and theatre.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American actor Tom Sizemore, known for his intense supporting roles in crime and war films.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of English actor Tom Felton, best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Peaky Blinders gang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shelby Company Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tommy Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Peaky Blinders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aunt | Polly Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Charles Shelby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruby Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Steven Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Romani descent ⓘ |
| familyName | Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Peaky Blinders universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Peaky Blinders, Series 1 Episode 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAddiction |
alcohol
ⓘ
cigarettes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the Peaky Blinders gang in post–World War I Birmingham ⓘ |
| occupation |
Member of Parliament
ⓘ
crime boss ⓘ gang leader ⓘ |
| parent | Arthur Shelby Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ strategic ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Labour Party (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Cillian Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position |
head of Shelby Company Limited
ⓘ
leader of the Peaky Blinders ⓘ |
| rank | Sergeant Major ⓘ |
| residence | Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ada Shelby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ Finn Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ John Shelby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Grace Burgess
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lizzie Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Member of Parliament for Birmingham ⓘ |
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: Thomas Description of subject: Thomas is the formal given name of the fictional crime boss Tommy Shelby from the television series "Peaky Blinders."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.