David Oakes
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David Oakes is a British actor known for his period drama roles on television, including his prominent appearance in the historical series "The Borgias."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Oakes canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6370079 — 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: David Oakes Context triple: [The Borgias, stars, David Oakes]
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A.
Ted Oakes
Ted Oakes is a wildlife television producer and filmmaker known for creating high-profile nature documentaries.
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B.
Michael Dorman
Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
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C.
Sean Harris
Sean Harris is a British actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his portrayal of the android-hating geologist Fifield in the science fiction film "Prometheus."
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D.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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E.
Michael O’Rourke
Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
- 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: David Oakes Target entity description: David Oakes is a British actor known for his period drama roles on television, including his prominent appearance in the historical series "The Borgias."
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A.
Ted Oakes
Ted Oakes is a wildlife television producer and filmmaker known for creating high-profile nature documentaries.
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B.
Michael Dorman
Michael Dorman is an Australian actor known for his roles in television series such as "For All Mankind," "Patriot," and "The Secret Life of Us."
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C.
Sean Harris
Sean Harris is a British actor known for his intense character roles in film and television, including his portrayal of the android-hating geologist Fifield in the science fiction film "Prometheus."
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D.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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E.
Michael O’Rourke
Michael O’Rourke is an Irish media entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the international sports television network Setanta Sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| birthPlace |
England
ⓘ
Salisbury ⓘ Wiltshire ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ |
| familyName | Oakes ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental podcasting
ⓘ
performing arts ⓘ |
| genre | period drama ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasEmployer |
Globe Theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
The Globe Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| hasSocialMediaProfile |
https://twitter.com/davidoakes
ⓘ
https://www.instagram.com/doakesdoakes/ ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.davidoakes.co.uk/ ⓘ |
| hostOf | Trees A Crowd podcast ⓘ |
| knownFor |
period drama roles on television
ⓘ
portraying historical characters ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | David Oakes ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Shakespearean stage productions
ⓘ
The Borgias ⓘ The White Queen ⓘ Victoria ⓘ Vikings: Valhalla ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter |
Earl Godwin in Vikings: Valhalla
ⓘ
Ernest, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in Victoria ⓘ
linked to:
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
George, Duke of Clarence in The White Queen ⓘ
linked to:
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence
Juan Borgia in The Borgias ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: David Oakes Description of subject: David Oakes is a British actor known for his period drama roles on television, including his prominent appearance in the historical series "The Borgias."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.