James Smith
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James Smith is a British actor best known for his comedic role as government adviser Glenn Cullen in the political satire series "The Thick of It."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10588806 — 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: James Smith Context triple: [The Thick of It, starred, James Smith]
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A.
James Smith
James Smith was a notable Scottish architect active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, recognized for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings.
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B.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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C.
James Smith
James Smith is a distinguished former student of New London Academy recognized for his notable achievements after attending the institution.
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D.
James Smith
James Smith is the individual to whom "The Epistle to James Smith" is addressed, serving as its intended recipient and central figure.
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E.
James Smith
James Smith is a songwriter credited with co-writing the early rock and roll song "Slippin' and Slidin'."
- 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: James Smith Target entity description: James Smith is a British actor best known for his comedic role as government adviser Glenn Cullen in the political satire series "The Thick of It."
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A.
James Smith
James Smith was a film editor active in early American cinema, known for his work on the 1920 silent drama "Pollyanna."
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B.
James Smith
James Smith is a distinguished former student of New London Academy recognized for his notable achievements after attending the institution.
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C.
James Smith
James Smith was a notable Scottish architect active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, recognized for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings.
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D.
James Smith
James Smith is the individual to whom "The Epistle to James Smith" is addressed, serving as its intended recipient and central figure.
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E.
James Smith
James Smith is a songwriter credited with co-writing the early rock and roll song "Slippin' and Slidin'."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| basedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Glenn Cullen ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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political satire ⓘ |
| hasNotableGenre | satire ⓘ |
| hasRole | government adviser Glenn Cullen in The Thick of It ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Glenn Cullen in The Thick of It ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| name | James Smith ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Thick of It ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ |
| partOfCastOf | The Thick of It ⓘ |
| typeOfActor | comedic actor ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| worksIn | British television industry ⓘ |
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: James Smith Description of subject: James Smith is a British actor best known for his comedic role as government adviser Glenn Cullen in the political satire series "The Thick of It."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.