Johnny Jarvis
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Johnny Jarvis is a British television drama series from the early 1980s that follows the struggles of a working-class youth coming of age in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johnny Jarvis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9255349 — 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: Johnny Jarvis Context triple: [Mark Farmer, knownFor, Johnny Jarvis]
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A.
Ernie McCracken
Ernie McCracken is the flamboyantly villainous professional bowler and main antagonist portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy film "Kingpin."
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B.
Don Franklin
Don Franklin is an American actor best known for his roles in science fiction and adventure television series, including a prominent part on SeaQuest DSV.
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C.
Ralph Plaisted
Ralph Plaisted was an American insurance salesman and explorer best known for leading the first confirmed surface expedition to reach the North Pole in 1968.
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D.
Guy Day
Guy Day was an American advertising executive best known as the co-founder of the influential agency Chiat/Day, which produced iconic campaigns such as Apple’s “1984” commercial.
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E.
Bill Geddie
Bill Geddie was an American television producer best known for co-creating and executive producing the long-running daytime talk show "The View."
- 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: Johnny Jarvis Target entity description: Johnny Jarvis is a British television drama series from the early 1980s that follows the struggles of a working-class youth coming of age in London.
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A.
Ernie McCracken
Ernie McCracken is the flamboyantly villainous professional bowler and main antagonist portrayed by Bill Murray in the comedy film "Kingpin."
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B.
Don Franklin
Don Franklin is an American actor best known for his roles in science fiction and adventure television series, including a prominent part on SeaQuest DSV.
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C.
Ralph Plaisted
Ralph Plaisted was an American insurance salesman and explorer best known for leading the first confirmed surface expedition to reach the North Pole in 1968.
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D.
Guy Day
Guy Day was an American advertising executive best known as the co-founder of the influential agency Chiat/Day, which produced iconic campaigns such as Apple’s “1984” commercial.
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E.
Bill Geddie
Bill Geddie was an American television producer best known for co-creating and executive producing the long-running daytime talk show "The View."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television drama series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsStruggleOf | working-class youth in London ⓘ |
| firstAiredInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| follows | working-class youth ⓘ |
| genre |
Coming-of-age television series
ⓘ
Drama ⓘ Social realism ⓘ |
| hasFormat | Serialized narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Johnny Jarvis ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| medium | Television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | personal and social struggles of youth ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | British television ⓘ |
| portrays |
economic hardship
ⓘ
social change in early 1980s Britain ⓘ urban life in London ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Adult viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johnny Jarvis Description of subject: Johnny Jarvis is a British television drama series from the early 1980s that follows the struggles of a working-class youth coming of age in London.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.