Peter Ustinov
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British person
actor
comedian
film actor
film director
human
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
stage actor
television actor
television presenter
voice actor
Peter Ustinov was a British actor, writer, and director renowned for his wit, versatility, and memorable character roles in film and television.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Ustinov canonical | 11 |
| Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T765215 — 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: Peter Ustinov Context triple: [Sheriff of Nottingham, portrayedBy, Peter Ustinov]
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Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
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Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
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Peter Cook
Peter Cook was a pioneering British satirist, comedian, and writer, best known for his work in the 1960s satire boom and as a founding member of the comedy group Beyond the Fringe.
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D.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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George Sanders
George Sanders was a British actor known for his sophisticated, sardonic screen presence and acclaimed performances in classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning role in "All About Eve."
- 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: Peter Ustinov Target entity description: Peter Ustinov was a British actor, writer, and director renowned for his wit, versatility, and memorable character roles in film and television.
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A.
Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his roles in films like "Bull Durham" and "Batman" and for creating and starring in the HBO series "Arliss."
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B.
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director best known for his versatile character roles in film, television, and theater, including his iconic performance as the Penguin in the 1960s Batman TV series.
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C.
Peter Cook
Peter Cook was a pioneering British satirist, comedian, and writer, best known for his work in the 1960s satire boom and as a founding member of the comedy group Beyond the Fringe.
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D.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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E.
George Sanders
George Sanders was a British actor known for his sophisticated, sardonic screen presence and acclaimed performances in classic Hollywood films, including his Oscar-winning role in "All About Eve."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (87)
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: Peter Ustinov Description of subject: Peter Ustinov was a British actor, writer, and director renowned for his wit, versatility, and memorable character roles in film and television.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov
subject surface form:
The Water Babies (1978 film)