Prasanna Puwanarajah
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Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director, and former NHS doctor known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prasanna Puwanarajah canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1963803 — 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: Prasanna Puwanarajah Context triple: [Patrick Melrose, starring, Prasanna Puwanarajah]
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A.
Pulapre Balakrishnan
Pulapre Balakrishnan is an Indian economist and academic known for his work on macroeconomic policy, growth, and development, and for his contributions to public discourse on the Indian economy.
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B.
M. Jegathesan
M. Jegathesan is a former Malaysian sprinting champion and sports figure who notably served as a torch lighter at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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C.
Krishna Hutheesing
Krishna Hutheesing was an Indian writer and member of the prominent Nehru family, known for her memoirs and biographical works about her relatives and the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Niraja Gopal Jayal
Niraja Gopal Jayal is an Indian political scientist and scholar of democracy, citizenship, and the Indian state, known for her influential work on political representation and public institutions.
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E.
Raj Subramaniam
Raj Subramaniam is the President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Corporation, a leading global logistics and delivery services company.
- 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: Prasanna Puwanarajah Target entity description: Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director, and former NHS doctor known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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A.
Pulapre Balakrishnan
Pulapre Balakrishnan is an Indian economist and academic known for his work on macroeconomic policy, growth, and development, and for his contributions to public discourse on the Indian economy.
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B.
M. Jegathesan
M. Jegathesan is a former Malaysian sprinting champion and sports figure who notably served as a torch lighter at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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C.
Krishna Hutheesing
Krishna Hutheesing was an Indian writer and member of the prominent Nehru family, known for her memoirs and biographical works about her relatives and the Indian independence movement.
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D.
Niraja Gopal Jayal
Niraja Gopal Jayal is an Indian political scientist and scholar of democracy, citizenship, and the Indian state, known for her influential work on political representation and public institutions.
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E.
Raj Subramaniam
Raj Subramaniam is the President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Corporation, a leading global logistics and delivery services company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ medical doctor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| basedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | National Health Service ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy-drama
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drama ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith |
BBC
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Channel 4 ⓘ Netflix ⓘ Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Prasanna Puwanarajah ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Critical
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Defending the Guilty ⓘ Doctor Foster ⓘ Line of Duty ⓘ Patrick Melrose ⓘ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ⓘ Royal Shakespeare Company productions ⓘ Ten Percent ⓘ The Bodyguard (stage play) ⓘ The Crown ⓘ The Death of Stalin ⓘ You, Me and the Apocalypse ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ film actor ⓘ medical doctor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| studied | medicine ⓘ |
| transitionedFromCareer | medicine ⓘ |
| transitionedToCareer | acting ⓘ |
| workedAs | NHS doctor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Prasanna Puwanarajah Description of subject: Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor, director, and former NHS doctor known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.