David Troughton
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David Troughton is a British actor known for his extensive work in television, film, and theatre, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appearances in series such as "Doctor Who."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Troughton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10809434 — 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: David Troughton Context triple: [Patrick Troughton, relative, David Troughton]
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A.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
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B.
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
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C.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith was a British actor and author best known for his acclaimed stage work and his BAFTA-winning performance in the television series "The Jewel in the Crown."
- 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: David Troughton Target entity description: David Troughton is a British actor known for his extensive work in television, film, and theatre, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appearances in series such as "Doctor Who."
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A.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
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B.
Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
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C.
Michael Gough
Michael Gough was an English character actor best known for his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman films of the late 1980s and 1990s and for frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton.
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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith
Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith was a British actor and author best known for his acclaimed stage work and his BAFTA-winning performance in the television series "The Jewel in the Crown."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
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human ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Doctor Who: Midnight
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon NERFINISHED ⓘ Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Jim Troughton
NERFINISHED
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Sam Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ William Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-06-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Orange Hill Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Patrick Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
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stage acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelativeInProfession |
acting
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cricket ⓘ |
| knownFor |
British television drama
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appearances in Doctor Who ⓘ extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | David Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Very Peculiar Practice
NERFINISHED
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Doctor Who ⓘ New Tricks NERFINISHED ⓘ Outnumbered NERFINISHED ⓘ The Archers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| performedRole |
King Lear (stage role)
NERFINISHED
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Richard III (stage role) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerIn | Royal Shakespeare Company productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hampstead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Michael Troughton
NERFINISHED
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Sam Troughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Alison Groves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreCompany | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceWork | The Archers 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
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: David Troughton Description of subject: David Troughton is a British actor known for his extensive work in television, film, and theatre, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appearances in series such as "Doctor Who."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.