Mark Costley
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Mark Costley is a central character in the psychological thriller "Apple Tree Yard," known for his secretive, high-stakes affair with the protagonist that spirals into betrayal and legal peril.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Costley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10396660 — 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: Mark Costley Context triple: [Apple Tree Yard, character, Mark Costley]
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A.
Kevin Cossom
Kevin Cossom is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer known for his R&B and hip-hop collaborations and songwriting for major artists.
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B.
Rich Costey
Rich Costey is a renowned American record producer and mixer known for his work with prominent rock and alternative artists, shaping the sound of numerous critically acclaimed albums.
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C.
Michael Costigan
Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
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D.
Brian Costello
Brian Costello is the central protagonist of the 1983 comedy-drama film "Max Dugan Returns," a struggling widowed father whose life is upended by the sudden arrival of his long-absent, mysterious father.
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E.
Brian Latture
Brian Latture is a music producer known for his work on LL Cool J’s 1989 hip hop album "Walking with a Panther."
- 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: Mark Costley Target entity description: Mark Costley is a central character in the psychological thriller "Apple Tree Yard," known for his secretive, high-stakes affair with the protagonist that spirals into betrayal and legal peril.
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A.
Kevin Cossom
Kevin Cossom is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer known for his R&B and hip-hop collaborations and songwriting for major artists.
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B.
Rich Costey
Rich Costey is a renowned American record producer and mixer known for his work with prominent rock and alternative artists, shaping the sound of numerous critically acclaimed albums.
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C.
Michael Costigan
Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
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D.
Brian Costello
Brian Costello is the central protagonist of the 1983 comedy-drama film "Max Dugan Returns," a struggling widowed father whose life is upended by the sudden arrival of his long-absent, mysterious father.
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E.
Brian Latture
Brian Latture is a music producer known for his work on LL Cool J’s 1989 hip hop album "Walking with a Panther."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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novel character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Apple Tree Yard ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | psychological thriller ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
betrayal
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legal jeopardy ⓘ secrecy ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Apple Tree Yard (novel) ⓘ |
| causes |
betrayal of Yvonne Carmichael
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legal consequences for Yvonne Carmichael ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
enigmatic
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manipulative ⓘ secretive ⓘ |
| genreContext | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasAffairWith | Yvonne Carmichael ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipWith | Yvonne Carmichael ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
court case
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high-stakes affair ⓘ |
| medium |
novel adaptation
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television series ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
catalyst for plot escalation
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source of betrayal ⓘ source of legal peril ⓘ |
| relationshipType |
extramarital affair
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secret affair ⓘ |
| roleIn | central character in Apple Tree Yard ⓘ |
| settingContext |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| storyContext | professional and legal environments ⓘ |
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: Mark Costley Description of subject: Mark Costley is a central character in the psychological thriller "Apple Tree Yard," known for his secretive, high-stakes affair with the protagonist that spirals into betrayal and legal peril.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.