Patrick Bruce Oliphant
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Patrick Bruce Oliphant is an Australian-born American political cartoonist renowned for his sharp, satirical commentary and influential work in editorial cartooning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patrick Bruce Oliphant canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8407807 — 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: Patrick Bruce Oliphant Context triple: [Pat Oliphant, birthName, Patrick Bruce Oliphant]
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Ronald Norrish
Ronald Norrish was a British physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and photochemistry.
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B.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
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John Malcolm
John Malcolm is the emotionally reserved army major whose strained relationship with his ex-wife forms one of the central storylines in the 1958 British drama film "Separate Tables."
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D.
John Valentine Carruthers
John Valentine Carruthers is an English guitarist best known for his work in the 1980s with the post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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E.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
- 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: Patrick Bruce Oliphant Target entity description: Patrick Bruce Oliphant is an Australian-born American political cartoonist renowned for his sharp, satirical commentary and influential work in editorial cartooning.
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A.
Ronald Norrish
Ronald Norrish was a British physical chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in chemical kinetics and photochemistry.
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B.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
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C.
John Malcolm
John Malcolm is the emotionally reserved army major whose strained relationship with his ex-wife forms one of the central storylines in the 1958 British drama film "Separate Tables."
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D.
John Valentine Carruthers
John Valentine Carruthers is an English guitarist best known for his work in the 1980s with the post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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E.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian emigrant to the United States
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artist ⓘ political cartoonist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Pat Oliphant ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Oliphant ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
editorial cartooning
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political satire ⓘ |
| genre |
editorial cartoon
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political cartoon ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
caricature
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political commentary ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of editorial cartoonists ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
ink drawing
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newspaper cartoon ⓘ |
| movement | modern political cartooning ⓘ |
| name | Patrick Bruce Oliphant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential work in editorial cartooning
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sharp satirical commentary ⓘ |
| notableWork |
editorial cartoons on American politics
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editorial cartoons on international affairs ⓘ |
| occupation |
editorial cartoonist
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political cartoonist ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Australia
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United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Patrick Bruce Oliphant Description of subject: Patrick Bruce Oliphant is an Australian-born American political cartoonist renowned for his sharp, satirical commentary and influential work in editorial cartooning.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.