Tom Shankland
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Tom Shankland is a British film and television director known for his work on high-profile dramas and genre projects, including the 2018 miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom Shankland canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8431796 — 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)
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Target entity: Tom Shankland Context triple: [Les Misérables (2018 miniseries), director, Tom Shankland]
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A.
Colin Goudie
Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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B.
Mark Shand
Mark Shand was a British travel writer, conservationist, and adventurer best known for his work protecting Asian elephants and for being the brother of Queen Camilla.
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C.
Alan Strachan
Alan Strachan is a film editor best known for his work on the cult British black comedy "Withnail & I."
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D.
Ian Ritchie
Ian Ritchie is a British architect known for his innovative, high-tech designs and for leading the practice Ian Ritchie Architects.
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E.
Shaun Dingwall
Shaun Dingwall is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas such as Doctor Who, Charles II: The Power and the Passion, and Top Boy.
- 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: Tom Shankland Target entity description: Tom Shankland is a British film and television director known for his work on high-profile dramas and genre projects, including the 2018 miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables.
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A.
Colin Goudie
Colin Goudie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword."
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B.
Mark Shand
Mark Shand was a British travel writer, conservationist, and adventurer best known for his work protecting Asian elephants and for being the brother of Queen Camilla.
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C.
Alan Strachan
Alan Strachan is a film editor best known for his work on the cult British black comedy "Withnail & I."
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D.
Ian Ritchie
Ian Ritchie is a British architect known for his innovative, high-tech designs and for leading the practice Ian Ritchie Architects.
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E.
Shaun Dingwall
Shaun Dingwall is a British actor known for his roles in television dramas such as Doctor Who, Charles II: The Power and the Passion, and Top Boy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| directed |
Les Misérables (2018 TV miniseries)
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linked to:
Les Misérables (2018 miniseries)
|
| fieldOfWork |
film directing
ⓘ
television directing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGenreSpecialization |
crime drama
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drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| knownFor |
genre television projects
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high-profile television dramas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Les Misérables (2018 TV miniseries)
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linked to:
Les Misérables (2018 miniseries)
crime and thriller television series ⓘ literary adaptation for television ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
ⓘ
television director ⓘ |
| partOf |
British film industry
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British television industry ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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: Tom Shankland Description of subject: Tom Shankland is a British film and television director known for his work on high-profile dramas and genre projects, including the 2018 miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.