Matthew Crawley
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Matthew Crawley is a central character in the television series "Downton Abbey," a middle-class lawyer who becomes heir to the Grantham estate and marries Lady Mary Crawley.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matthew Crawley canonical | 3 |
| Patrick Crawley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13240185 — 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: Matthew Crawley Context triple: [Lady Mary Crawley, spouse, Matthew Crawley]
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A.
Rawdon Crawley
Rawdon Crawley is a charming but financially imprudent British army officer and aristocrat in William Makepeace Thackeray’s "Vanity Fair," whose ill-fated marriage to Becky Sharp drives much of the novel’s social and moral drama.
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B.
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham was an 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a diplomat and held various governmental offices under King George III.
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C.
Gray Grantham
Gray Grantham is an investigative journalist character in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Pelican Brief," known for uncovering high-level political corruption.
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D.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is the fictional patriarch of the aristocratic Crawley family and master of Downton Abbey in the British period drama series "Downton Abbey."
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E.
Robert Darcy
Robert Darcy was a British nobleman who held the title of Earl of Holderness.
- 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: Matthew Crawley Target entity description: Matthew Crawley is a central character in the television series "Downton Abbey," a middle-class lawyer who becomes heir to the Grantham estate and marries Lady Mary Crawley.
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A.
Rawdon Crawley
Rawdon Crawley is a charming but financially imprudent British army officer and aristocrat in William Makepeace Thackeray’s "Vanity Fair," whose ill-fated marriage to Becky Sharp drives much of the novel’s social and moral drama.
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B.
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham was an 18th-century British peer and politician who served as a diplomat and held various governmental offices under King George III.
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C.
Gray Grantham
Gray Grantham is an investigative journalist character in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Pelican Brief," known for uncovering high-level political corruption.
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D.
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is the fictional patriarch of the aristocratic Crawley family and master of Downton Abbey in the British period drama series "Downton Abbey."
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E.
Robert Darcy
Robert Darcy was a British nobleman who held the title of Earl of Holderness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| adaptationAppearance | Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts (books) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Downton Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | car accident ⓘ |
| child | George Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| coOwnerOf | Downton Abbey estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coOwnerWith | Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Julian Fellowes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fiancée | Laviniа Swire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Downton Abbey universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalAppearance | Downton Abbey season 3 Christmas special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heirTo |
Downton Abbey estate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Earl of Grantham title NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | Reggie Swire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| injury | spinal injury during World War I ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Downton Abbey season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| mother | Isobel Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| network | ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
honourable
ⓘ
principled ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dan Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoversFrom | spinal injury ⓘ |
| relative |
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isobel Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Edith Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Mary Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lady Sybil Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Crawley House
NERFINISHED
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Downton Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticRelationship |
Lady Mary Crawley
NERFINISHED
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Laviniа Swire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | middle class ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Mary Crawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | deceased ⓘ |
| temporaryDisability | paralysis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matthew Crawley Description of subject: Matthew Crawley is a central character in the television series "Downton Abbey," a middle-class lawyer who becomes heir to the Grantham estate and marries Lady Mary Crawley.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Patrick Crawley