Max Clifford
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Max Clifford was a high-profile British publicist and media agent who became notorious for both his influential celebrity PR work and his later conviction for sexual offences.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Max Clifford canonical | 2 |
| Max Clifford Associates | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9147932 — 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: Max Clifford Context triple: [Clifford, hasNotableBearer, Max Clifford]
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A.
William Hickey
William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
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B.
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn was a British-born Irish-American political journalist and columnist known for his sharp left-wing commentary and co-editing the newsletter CounterPunch.
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C.
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris is a British political commentator, columnist, and former Conservative MP known for his incisive and often witty analysis of UK politics.
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D.
Ed Morgan
Ed Morgan was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Arrow Development, a pioneering company in the design and manufacture of amusement park rides and roller coasters.
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E.
Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson is an American journalist and longtime ABC News correspondent best known for his aggressive questioning style and prominent role in U.S. political coverage.
- 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: Max Clifford Target entity description: Max Clifford was a high-profile British publicist and media agent who became notorious for both his influential celebrity PR work and his later conviction for sexual offences.
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A.
William Hickey
William Hickey was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy voice and eccentric roles in film, television, and theater.
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B.
Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Cockburn was a British-born Irish-American political journalist and columnist known for his sharp left-wing commentary and co-editing the newsletter CounterPunch.
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C.
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris is a British political commentator, columnist, and former Conservative MP known for his incisive and often witty analysis of UK politics.
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D.
Ed Morgan
Ed Morgan was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Arrow Development, a pioneering company in the design and manufacture of amusement park rides and roller coasters.
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E.
Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson is an American journalist and longtime ABC News correspondent best known for his aggressive questioning style and prominent role in U.S. political coverage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
media personality ⓘ public relations consultant ⓘ publicist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
indecent assault
ⓘ
sexual offences ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-04-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfConviction | 2014-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-12-10 ⓘ |
| employer |
Max Clifford Associates
ⓘ
linked to:
Max Clifford
|
| ethnicGroup | White British ⓘ |
| familyName | Clifford ⓘ |
| genre | celebrity public relations ⓘ |
| givenName | Max ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalCase | Operation Yewtree ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Max Clifford ⓘ |
| notableClient |
Simon Cowell
ⓘ
various British entertainers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conviction for historical sexual offences
ⓘ
high-profile celebrity PR work ⓘ tabloid scandal management ⓘ |
| notableWork |
handling publicity for British celebrities
ⓘ
tabloid media public relations campaigns ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
media agent ⓘ publicist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
Kingston upon Thames ⓘ
linked to:
Kingston upon Thames (historically)
Surrey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridgeshire
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
England ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | HM Prison Littlehey ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founder of Max Clifford Associates ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
England
ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ |
| sentence | 8 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jo Westwood
ⓘ
Liz Clifford ⓘ |
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: Max Clifford Description of subject: Max Clifford was a high-profile British publicist and media agent who became notorious for both his influential celebrity PR work and his later conviction for sexual offences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Max Clifford