Richard Clifford
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Richard Clifford is a British actor and director known for his work in theatre and film, as well as his long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Clifford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T689580 — 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: Richard Clifford Context triple: [Derek Jacobi, spouse, Richard Clifford]
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A.
Clive
Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
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B.
Lennox Cato
Lennox Cato is a British antiques dealer and television expert best known for his appearances on the BBC’s "Antiques Roadshow."
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C.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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D.
Julian Clary
Julian Clary is an English comedian, actor, novelist, and television personality known for his camp style and innuendo-laden humor.
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E.
Edward Strong
Edward Strong was the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley during the 1960s whose administration became a central focus of student opposition in the Free Speech Movement.
- 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: Richard Clifford Target entity description: Richard Clifford is a British actor and director known for his work in theatre and film, as well as his long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi.
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A.
Clive
Clive is a surname most famously associated with Robert Clive, the 18th-century British officer who played a key role in establishing British rule in India.
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B.
Lennox Cato
Lennox Cato is a British antiques dealer and television expert best known for his appearances on the BBC’s "Antiques Roadshow."
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C.
Julian Burnside
Julian Burnside is an Australian barrister and human rights advocate renowned for his work defending refugees and speaking out on civil liberties and social justice.
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D.
Julian Clary
Julian Clary is an English comedian, actor, novelist, and television personality known for his camp style and innuendo-laden humor.
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E.
Edward Strong
Edward Strong was the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley during the 1960s whose administration became a central focus of student opposition in the Free Speech Movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
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performing arts ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | White British ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Theatre director ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| living | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Shakespearean productions
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long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi ⓘ work in film ⓘ work in theatre ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gosford Park (2001 film)
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linked to:
Gosford Park
Henry V (1989 film) ⓘ Love in a Cold Climate (TV adaptation) ⓘ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994 film) ⓘ Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) ⓘ My Week with Marilyn (2011 film) ⓘ The Crown (television series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Crown
|
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| partner | Derek Jacobi ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Derek Jacobi ⓘ |
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: Richard Clifford Description of subject: Richard Clifford is a British actor and director known for his work in theatre and film, as well as his long-term partnership with Sir Derek Jacobi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.