Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours)
E238116
Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) is a British knighthood conferred in the 1991 New Year Honours list, notably awarded to actor Ian McKellen for his services to the performing arts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138134 — 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.
Target entity: Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) Context triple: [Ian McKellen, awardReceived, Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours)]
-
A.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British chivalric honour within the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded to men for significant contributions to national life and entitling recipients to use the title "Sir."
-
B.
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor bestowed on distinguished non-British nationals in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, or public service.
-
C.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire is the highest and most prestigious grade of the British order of chivalry known as the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the nation.
-
D.
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
The Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath is one of the highest honorary grades of a major British chivalric order, conferred by the monarch on distinguished foreign nationals for exceptional service.
-
E.
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
The Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George is one of the highest-ranking British chivalric honours, typically bestowed on distinguished foreign nationals for exceptional service in international relations or foreign affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) Target entity description: Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) is a British knighthood conferred in the 1991 New Year Honours list, notably awarded to actor Ian McKellen for his services to the performing arts.
-
A.
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British chivalric honour within the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded to men for significant contributions to national life and entitling recipients to use the title "Sir."
-
B.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor awarded for prominent national or regional contributions in the arts, sciences, charity, public service, or other fields.
-
C.
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a high-ranking British honor bestowed on distinguished non-British nationals in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the arts, sciences, charity, or public service.
-
D.
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
The Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire is the highest and most prestigious grade of the British order of chivalry known as the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the nation.
-
E.
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
The Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath is one of the highest honorary grades of a major British chivalric order, conferred by the monarch on distinguished foreign nationals for exceptional service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British knighthood
ⓘ
honour ⓘ title of chivalry ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 1991 New Year Honours list ⓘ |
| awardedBy | monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardedForServicesOf | performing arts ⓘ |
| awardFor |
contributions to national life
ⓘ
public service ⓘ services to the United Kingdom ⓘ services to the performing arts ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| ceremonialAct | knighting ⓘ |
| conferredIn | 1991 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male recipients ⓘ |
| gradeOf | British honours system ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
1991 in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Knight Bachelor ⓘ
surface form:
Knights Bachelor
New Year Honours ⓘ |
| honour | Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| honoursListType | New Year Honours ⓘ |
| includesRecipient | Ian McKellen ⓘ |
| monarchAtTimeOfAward | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| notableRecipient | Ian McKellen ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Year Honours
ⓘ
surface form:
1991 New Year Honours
|
| rankWithinSystem | knighthood ⓘ |
| receivedTitle | Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| styleConferred | Sir ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) Description of subject: Knight Bachelor (1991 New Year Honours) is a British knighthood conferred in the 1991 New Year Honours list, notably awarded to actor Ian McKellen for his services to the performing arts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.