Robin Cavendish
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Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robin Cavendish canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2215787 — 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: Robin Cavendish Context triple: [Jonathan Cavendish, parent, Robin Cavendish]
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A.
John Cavendish
John Cavendish was an 18th-century British Whig politician and member of the influential Cavendish family who served in the House of Commons.
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B.
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, is a British aristocrat, landowner, and former chairman of Sotheby’s best known for overseeing the preservation and public promotion of the Chatsworth estate.
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C.
Lord George Cavendish
Lord George Cavendish was a prominent British aristocrat and politician from the influential Cavendish family, active in public life during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick is a hereditary title in the British peerage held by a branch of the prominent Cavendish aristocratic family.
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E.
Francis Egerton
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, was an 18th-century English nobleman famed as the "father of inland navigation" for pioneering canal construction that helped spark the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
- 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: Robin Cavendish Target entity description: Robin Cavendish was a British polio survivor and disability rights advocate whose life story inspired the film "Breathe."
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A.
John Cavendish
John Cavendish was an 18th-century British Whig politician and member of the influential Cavendish family who served in the House of Commons.
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B.
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, is a British aristocrat, landowner, and former chairman of Sotheby’s best known for overseeing the preservation and public promotion of the Chatsworth estate.
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C.
Lord George Cavendish
Lord George Cavendish was a prominent British aristocrat and politician from the influential Cavendish family, active in public life during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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D.
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick
Baron Cavendish of Hardwick is a hereditary title in the British peerage held by a branch of the prominent Cavendish aristocratic family.
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E.
Francis Egerton
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, was an 18th-century English nobleman famed as the "father of inland navigation" for pioneering canal construction that helped spark the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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disability rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ polio survivor ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
improved mobility for severely disabled people
ⓘ
independent living for ventilator-dependent people ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of polio ⓘ |
| causeOfDisability | poliomyelitis ⓘ |
| child | Jonathan Cavendish ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-08-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pembroke College, Oxford
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Stowe School ⓘ |
| familyName | Cavendish ⓘ |
| givenName | Robin ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | Breathe ⓘ |
| inspiredWorkType | feature film ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the longest-lived responauts
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inspiring the film "Breathe" ⓘ pioneering the use of portable ventilators for disabled people ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| livedWithConditionFor | over 35 years ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | polio ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| movement | disability rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Robin Cavendish ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Jonathan Cavendish ⓘ |
| notableWork | campaigning for independent living for severely disabled people ⓘ |
| occupation |
campaigner for disabled people
ⓘ
disability rights activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Middleton, Derbyshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Oxford, England
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linked to:
Oxford
|
| placeOfSignificantEvent | Kenya ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Andrew Garfield ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
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| residence |
Derbyshire, England
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linked to:
Derbyshire
Oxfordshire, England ⓘ
linked to:
Oxfordshire
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| servedIn |
Royal Signals
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linked to:
Royal Corps of Signals
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| significantEvent | contracted polio in Kenya in 1958 ⓘ |
| spouse | Diana Cavendish ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film "Breathe" ⓘ |
| usedMedicalDevice |
mechanical ventilator
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wheelchair with built-in respirator ⓘ |
| yearOfSignificantEvent | 1958 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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