David Horton
E219518
David Horton is a pompous, conservative parish council chairman in the British sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley," often serving as the main foil to the progressive vicar, Geraldine Granger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Horton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678246 — 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: David Horton Context triple: [The Vicar of Dibley, character, David Horton]
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A.
Max Horton
Max Horton was a senior British Royal Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his decisive leadership of Allied anti-submarine operations in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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B.
James Haygood
James Haygood is a film editor known for his work on major feature films and commercials, including editing the thriller "Panic Room."
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
Paul Owens
Paul Owens was a longtime Philadelphia Phillies executive and manager who helped build and lead the franchise to its first era of sustained success in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Archdale Wilson
Archdale Wilson was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful recapture of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- 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: David Horton Target entity description: David Horton is a pompous, conservative parish council chairman in the British sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley," often serving as the main foil to the progressive vicar, Geraldine Granger.
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A.
Max Horton
Max Horton was a senior British Royal Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his decisive leadership of Allied anti-submarine operations in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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B.
James Haygood
James Haygood is a film editor known for his work on major feature films and commercials, including editing the thriller "Panic Room."
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
Paul Owens
Paul Owens was a longtime Philadelphia Phillies executive and manager who helped build and lead the franchise to its first era of sustained success in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Archdale Wilson
Archdale Wilson was a British Army officer best known for leading the successful recapture of Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Vicar of Dibley ⓘ |
| characteristic |
authoritarian
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ patronizing ⓘ pompous ⓘ snobbish ⓘ socially conservative ⓘ traditionalist ⓘ |
| child | Hugo Horton ⓘ |
| conflictsWith | modernization of the church ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Paul Mayhew-Archer
ⓘ
Richard Curtis ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Vicar of Dibley ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn |
The Vicar of Dibley
ⓘ
surface form:
The Vicar of Dibley, series 1
|
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Hugo Horton ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
pride in social status
ⓘ
reluctant respect for Geraldine Granger ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widower ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dibley Parish Council ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | foil to Geraldine Granger ⓘ |
| occupation | parish council chairman ⓘ |
| oftenInteractsWith |
Frank Pickle
ⓘ
Jim Trott ⓘ Owen Newitt ⓘ |
| opposes | Geraldine Granger ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | right‑wing ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Gary Waldhorn ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chairman of the Dibley Parish Council ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Church of England parish ⓘ |
| residence |
The Vicar of Dibley
ⓘ
surface form:
Dibley
|
| role | antagonist ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley ⓘ |
| supports | traditional parish customs ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement | clash between tradition and progress in rural England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Horton Description of subject: David Horton is a pompous, conservative parish council chairman in the British sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley," often serving as the main foil to the progressive vicar, Geraldine Granger.
Referenced by (2)
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