Douglas Ainslie
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Douglas Ainslie is a mild-mannered, retired British man seeking a new start in India in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," portrayed by Bill Nighy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Douglas Ainslie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678673 — 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: Douglas Ainslie Context triple: [Bill Nighy, characterPortrayed, Douglas Ainslie]
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A.
Dr. Jim Bayliss
Dr. Jim Bayliss is a disillusioned physician and neighbor in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons," whose moral conflict and cynicism highlight the play’s themes of compromised ideals and social responsibility.
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B.
Paul Torday
Paul Torday was a British novelist best known for his satirical debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which brought him widespread recognition later in life.
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C.
David Nutt
David Nutt is a British neuropsychopharmacologist known for his research on the effects of drugs on the brain and for his outspoken views on drug policy.
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D.
David M. Brown
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
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E.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
- 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: Douglas Ainslie Target entity description: Douglas Ainslie is a mild-mannered, retired British man seeking a new start in India in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," portrayed by Bill Nighy.
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A.
Dr. Jim Bayliss
Dr. Jim Bayliss is a disillusioned physician and neighbor in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons," whose moral conflict and cynicism highlight the play’s themes of compromised ideals and social responsibility.
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B.
Paul Torday
Paul Torday was a British novelist best known for his satirical debut novel "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which brought him widespread recognition later in life.
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C.
David Nutt
David Nutt is a British neuropsychopharmacologist known for his research on the effects of drugs on the brain and for his outspoken views on drug policy.
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D.
David M. Brown
David M. Brown was a U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who served as a mission specialist on the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 mission.
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E.
Nigel Shadbolt
Nigel Shadbolt is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his leading role in promoting open data and digital governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | comedy-drama film ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Deborah Moggach ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
"These Foolish Things"
ⓘ
surface form:
These Foolish Things
|
| characterTrait | mild-mannered ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdFor |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
ⓘ
surface form:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011 film)
|
| fictionalNationality | British ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| genreOfFictionalWork | romantic comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasMaritalStatus | married (at start of film) ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | retiree ⓘ |
| hasScreenwriterCreator | Ol Parker ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| partOfEnsemble | British retirees at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Nighy ⓘ |
| portrayedByInSequel | Bill Nighy ⓘ |
| portrayedByNationality | British actor ⓘ |
| seeks | new start in India ⓘ |
| settingOfStory |
Jaipur
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surface form:
Jaipur, India
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| spouse | Jean Ainslie ⓘ |
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: Douglas Ainslie Description of subject: Douglas Ainslie is a mild-mannered, retired British man seeking a new start in India in the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," portrayed by Bill Nighy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.