Alan Buttershaw
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Alan Buttershaw is a warm, down-to-earth widower who rekindles a late-in-life romance with his childhood sweetheart in the British television drama "Last Tango in Halifax."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alan Buttershaw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14239965 — 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: Alan Buttershaw Context triple: [Last Tango in Halifax, mainCharacter, Alan Buttershaw]
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A.
Geoffrey Shurlock
Geoffrey Shurlock was an American film censor who led Hollywood’s Production Code Administration, overseeing the enforcement of moral guidelines in studio movies during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Leo Blair
Leo Blair is the youngest son of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and barrister Cherie Booth, notable for being the first child born to a serving British prime minister in over 150 years.
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C.
Neville Garrick
Neville Garrick was a Jamaican graphic artist and photographer best known for creating iconic album artwork and stage designs for Bob Marley and other reggae musicians.
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D.
Anthony McCoy
Anthony McCoy is the main artist protagonist in the 2021 horror film "Candyman," whose investigation into the legend leads him into a terrifying supernatural legacy.
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E.
Frank Longbottom
Frank Longbottom is a brave Auror and father of Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter series, best known for being tortured into insanity by Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War.
- 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: Alan Buttershaw Target entity description: Alan Buttershaw is a warm, down-to-earth widower who rekindles a late-in-life romance with his childhood sweetheart in the British television drama "Last Tango in Halifax."
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A.
Geoffrey Shurlock
Geoffrey Shurlock was an American film censor who led Hollywood’s Production Code Administration, overseeing the enforcement of moral guidelines in studio movies during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Leo Blair
Leo Blair is the youngest son of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and barrister Cherie Booth, notable for being the first child born to a serving British prime minister in over 150 years.
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C.
Neville Garrick
Neville Garrick was a Jamaican graphic artist and photographer best known for creating iconic album artwork and stage designs for Bob Marley and other reggae musicians.
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D.
Anthony McCoy
Anthony McCoy is the main artist protagonist in the 2021 horror film "Candyman," whose investigation into the legend leads him into a terrifying supernatural legacy.
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E.
Frank Longbottom
Frank Longbottom is a brave Auror and father of Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter series, best known for being tortured into insanity by Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.