Colin Gordon
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Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colin Gordon canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6635537 — 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: Colin Gordon Context triple: [The Extra Day, starring, Colin Gordon]
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A.
Colin Turnbull
Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
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B.
Gerald Aungier
Gerald Aungier was a 17th-century English colonial administrator of the East India Company who significantly developed Bombay into a major commercial and administrative center.
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C.
Roderic Hill
Roderic Hill was a British air chief marshal and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London after a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force.
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D.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Graham Stanton
Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
- 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: Colin Gordon Target entity description: Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.
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A.
Colin Turnbull
Colin Turnbull was a British anthropologist and writer best known for his influential ethnographic works on African societies, such as "The Forest People" and "The Mountain People."
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B.
Gerald Aungier
Gerald Aungier was a 17th-century English colonial administrator of the East India Company who significantly developed Bombay into a major commercial and administrative center.
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C.
Roderic Hill
Roderic Hill was a British air chief marshal and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London after a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force.
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D.
Peter S. Elliot
Peter S. Elliot is a film editor known for his work on feature films, including the ensemble romantic comedy "Think Like a Man."
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E.
Graham Stanton
Graham Stanton is a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century film
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20th-century television ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
film
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television ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Colin ⓘ |
| industry |
film industry
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television industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Colin Gordon ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notability | known for numerous supporting appearances ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character roles in British film and television
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portraying bureaucratic figures ⓘ portraying officious figures ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacterType |
bureaucrats
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civil servants ⓘ officials ⓘ |
| typeOfRole |
character roles
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supporting roles ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| workPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Colin Gordon Description of subject: Colin Gordon was a British character actor known for his numerous film and television roles in the mid-20th century, often portraying officious or bureaucratic figures.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.