Tom Fleming
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Tom Fleming is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American long-distance runner and a Scottish actor and comedian.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Fleming canonical | 7 |
| Thomas Fleming | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T864416 — 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: Tom Fleming Context triple: [Fleming, hasNotableBearer, Tom Fleming]
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A.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer known for works such as "The Craft," "Dick," and episodes of "Arrested Development."
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C.
Jim Holland
Jim Holland is the husband of Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist Sekai Holland.
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D.
John Grandy
John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
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E.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
- 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: Tom Fleming Target entity description: Tom Fleming is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American long-distance runner and a Scottish actor and comedian.
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A.
William Nolan
William Nolan is an editor known for his work on editions of classic adventure literature, including "The Mark of Zorro."
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B.
Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer known for works such as "The Craft," "Dick," and episodes of "Arrested Development."
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C.
Jim Holland
Jim Holland is the husband of Zimbabwean politician and human rights activist Sekai Holland.
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D.
John Grandy
John Grandy was a senior Royal Air Force officer who rose to become a leading commander of British fighter forces during and after the Second World War.
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E.
Michael Rogers
Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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comedian ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ long-distance runner ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Boston Marathon men’s champion 1973
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Boston Marathon men’s champion 1975 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1927-06-28
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1951-07-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
2010-04-18
ⓘ
2017-04-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bloomfield High School ⓘ |
| employer | BBC ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
television presenting ⓘ theatre acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ marathon ⓘ road running ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name |
Tom Fleming
ⓘ
Tom Fleming ⓘ |
| notableWork |
commentary for British television coverage of royal events
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stage performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ winner of the 1973 Boston Marathon ⓘ winner of the 1975 Boston Marathon ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
broadcaster ⓘ comedian ⓘ long-distance runner ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Boston Marathon
ⓘ
New York City Marathon ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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linked to:
Edinburgh
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Jersey City
|
| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh
Montclair, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Montclair, New Jersey
|
| positionHeld | coach ⓘ |
| residence |
Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Bloomfield, New Jersey
|
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
long-distance running ⓘ |
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: Tom Fleming Description of subject: Tom Fleming is a name shared by several notable individuals, including an American long-distance runner and a Scottish actor and comedian.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tom Fleming
subject linked to:
Tom Fleming
subject linked to:
"King Lear" (1971 film)
linked to: Tom Fleming