Ron Moody
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Ron Moody was a British actor best known for his iconic, Oscar-nominated portrayal of Fagin in the musical film "Oliver!".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ron Moody canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11172667 — 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: Ron Moody Context triple: [Oliver!, starring, Ron Moody]
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A.
Billy Postlethwaite
Billy Postlethwaite is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including a role in the dystopian series "Silo."
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B.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd was a prominent British trade union leader who served as a key figure in the labor movement during the late 20th century.
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C.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
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D.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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E.
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
- 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: Ron Moody Target entity description: Ron Moody was a British actor best known for his iconic, Oscar-nominated portrayal of Fagin in the musical film "Oliver!".
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A.
Billy Postlethwaite
Billy Postlethwaite is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including a role in the dystopian series "Silo."
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B.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd was a prominent British trade union leader who served as a key figure in the labor movement during the late 20th century.
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C.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
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D.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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E.
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNominationForWork | Oliver! (1968 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Ronald Moodnick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Fagin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-01-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-06-11 ⓘ |
| educatedIn | sociology ⓘ |
| education | London School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName |
Moodnick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Ronald ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0600460 ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaArticle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Moody ⓘ |
| knownFor | portrayal of Fagin in the film "Oliver!" ⓘ |
| militaryService | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherTongue | English ⓘ |
| name | Ron Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | Oliver! (1968 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
composer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| performedIn |
British films
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British television series ⓘ West End theatre productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tottenham, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| spouse | Thera Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1953–2010 ⓘ |
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: Ron Moody Description of subject: Ron Moody was a British actor best known for his iconic, Oscar-nominated portrayal of Fagin in the musical film "Oliver!".
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.