The Main Chance
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The Main Chance is a British television legal drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s, centered on an ambitious solicitor navigating complex cases and moral dilemmas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Main Chance canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10616127 — 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: The Main Chance Context triple: [Patricia Haines, notableWork, The Main Chance]
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A.
The Lucky Chance
The Lucky Chance is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes marriage, gender roles, and sexual politics in late 17th-century England.
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B.
Given a Chance
"Given a Chance" is a song featured on the R&B album "Tender Lover" by American singer-songwriter and producer Babyface.
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C.
Zero Chance
"Zero Chance" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1996 album *Down on the Upside*.
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D.
Time and Chance
"Time and Chance" is a notable work by British musician and songwriter Peter Townsend, reflecting his contributions beyond his role in The Who.
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E.
With a Little Luck
"With a Little Luck" is a soft rock song by Paul McCartney and his band Wings, released in 1978 and known for its mellow, synth-driven sound and commercial success.
- 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: The Main Chance Target entity description: The Main Chance is a British television legal drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s, centered on an ambitious solicitor navigating complex cases and moral dilemmas.
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A.
The Lucky Chance
The Lucky Chance is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes marriage, gender roles, and sexual politics in late 17th-century England.
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B.
Given a Chance
"Given a Chance" is a song featured on the R&B album "Tender Lover" by American singer-songwriter and producer Babyface.
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C.
Zero Chance
"Zero Chance" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden from their 1996 album *Down on the Upside*.
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D.
Time and Chance
"Time and Chance" is a notable work by British musician and songwriter Peter Townsend, reflecting his contributions beyond his role in The Who.
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E.
With a Little Luck
"With a Little Luck" is a soft rock song by Paul McCartney and his band Wings, released in 1978 and known for its mellow, synth-driven sound and commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decadeOfFinalBroadcast | 1970s ⓘ |
| decadeOfFirstBroadcast | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1969 ⓘ |
| format | television drama series ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | contemporary Britain ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1975 ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | David Main ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
legal ethics
ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ professional ambition ⓘ social issues ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannelRegion | British television ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| portrays | British legal system ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Yorkshire Television ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | solicitor ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
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: The Main Chance Description of subject: The Main Chance is a British television legal drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s, centered on an ambitious solicitor navigating complex cases and moral dilemmas.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.