Simon Farnaby
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Simon Farnaby is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter known for his work on projects like Paddington 2, Ghosts, and Horrible Histories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Farnaby canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2926711 — 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: Simon Farnaby Context triple: [Paddington 2, writer, Simon Farnaby]
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A.
Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
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B.
William Cornysh
William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
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C.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
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D.
Godfrey Cass
Godfrey Cass is a central character in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," known as a morally conflicted landowner whose secret past and weak resolve shape much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Squire Cass
Squire Cass is a wealthy, domineering landowner and the most prominent man in the village of Raveloe in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner."
- 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: Simon Farnaby Target entity description: Simon Farnaby is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter known for his work on projects like Paddington 2, Ghosts, and Horrible Histories.
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A.
Mr. Furnival
Mr. Furnival is a prominent London barrister in Anthony Trollope’s novel "Orley Farm," known for his legal skill, social ambition, and complex personal life.
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B.
William Cornysh
William Cornysh was an English Renaissance composer and dramatist known for his influential sacred and secular music at the Tudor court.
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C.
Simon Dunsdon
Simon Dunsdon is a cinematographer known for his work on the animated film "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation."
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D.
Godfrey Cass
Godfrey Cass is a central character in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner," known as a morally conflicted landowner whose secret past and weak resolve shape much of the story’s drama.
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E.
Squire Cass
Squire Cass is a wealthy, domineering landowner and the most prominent man in the village of Raveloe in George Eliot’s novel "Silas Marner."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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children's writer ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television actor ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer |
BBC
ⓘ
Sky ⓘ |
| familyName | Farnaby ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acting
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screenwriting ⓘ television comedy ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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comedy ⓘ family film ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearing in the TV series Horrible Histories
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appearing in the TV series Yonderland ⓘ co-creating and starring in the TV series Ghosts ⓘ co-writing the film Paddington ⓘ co-writing the film Paddington 2 ⓘ writing children's books ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Simon Farnaby ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bill
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Ghosts ⓘ Horrible Histories ⓘ Mindhorn ⓘ Paddington ⓘ
linked to:
Paddington (2014 film)
Paddington 2 ⓘ The Phantom of the Open ⓘ The Wizard in My Shed ⓘ Yonderland ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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children's writer ⓘ comedian ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Bill (2015 film)
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Ghosts (British TV series) ⓘ Horrible Histories (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Horrible Histories
Mindhorn (film) ⓘ Paddington (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Paddington (2014 film)
Paddington 2 (film) ⓘ
linked to:
Paddington 2
The Phantom of the Open (film) ⓘ Yonderland (TV series) ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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: Simon Farnaby Description of subject: Simon Farnaby is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter known for his work on projects like Paddington 2, Ghosts, and Horrible Histories.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Mindhorn (film)
subject linked to:
Mindhorn (film)
subject linked to:
Mindhorn (film)
subject linked to:
The Phantom of the Open (film)