Spitting Image
E173830
Spitting Image is a British satirical television show famous for its caricatured puppet portrayals of politicians and celebrities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spitting Image canonical | 13 |
| Spitting Image (2020 TV series) | 1 |
| Spitting Image (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1521713 — 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: Spitting Image Context triple: [Central Independent Television, notableProgram, Spitting Image]
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A.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a groundbreaking British sketch comedy television series known for its surreal, absurdist humor and influential impact on modern comedy.
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B.
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British sketch comedy film by the Monty Python troupe that satirically explores the stages of human existence through surreal, darkly humorous vignettes.
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C.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British absurdist comedy film parodying the legend of King Arthur, created by the Monty Python comedy troupe.
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D.
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python Live (Mostly) is a 2014 stage reunion show by the surviving members of the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring live performances of their classic sketches and new material at The O2 in London.
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E.
Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series created by and starring Michael Palin that parodies old-fashioned adventure and boys’ own stories.
- 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: Spitting Image Target entity description: Spitting Image is a British satirical television show famous for its caricatured puppet portrayals of politicians and celebrities.
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A.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus is a groundbreaking British sketch comedy television series known for its surreal, absurdist humor and influential impact on modern comedy.
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B.
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life is a 1983 British sketch comedy film by the Monty Python troupe that satirically explores the stages of human existence through surreal, darkly humorous vignettes.
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C.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British absurdist comedy film parodying the legend of King Arthur, created by the Monty Python comedy troupe.
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D.
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python Live (Mostly) is a 2014 stage reunion show by the surviving members of the British comedy group Monty Python, featuring live performances of their classic sketches and new material at The O2 in London.
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E.
Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series created by and starring Michael Palin that parodies old-fashioned adventure and boys’ own stories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television programme
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satirical television show ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| basedOn |
current affairs
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political events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creativeApproach |
caricature
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exaggeration of physical features ⓘ |
| depicts |
celebrities
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politicians ⓘ public figures ⓘ |
| format | sketch show ⓘ |
| genre |
political satire
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satire ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
black comedy
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parody ⓘ political humour ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
political satire on television
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use of puppets in satire ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comedy sketches
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musical parodies ⓘ topical satire ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | sketch-based ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
caricatured puppets
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puppet portrayals of celebrities ⓘ puppet portrayals of politicians ⓘ |
| notableFor |
biting political commentary
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controversial humour ⓘ grotesque puppet designs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| portrays |
British prime ministers
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entertainment celebrities ⓘ royal family members ⓘ sports personalities ⓘ world leaders ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Central Independent Television ⓘ |
| productionTechnique | live-action puppetry ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
British politics
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international politics ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
| tone |
critical of political establishment
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irreverent ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| uses | puppetry ⓘ |
| workType | television satire ⓘ |
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: Spitting Image Description of subject: Spitting Image is a British satirical television show famous for its caricatured puppet portrayals of politicians and celebrities.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Central
linked to: Spitting Image
subject linked to:
Land of Confusion
linked to: Spitting Image