Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is the fictional patriarch of the aristocratic Crawley family and master of Downton Abbey in the British period drama series "Downton Abbey."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham canonical | 15 |
| Earl of Grantham | 3 |
| 6th Earl of Grantham | 1 |
| 7th Earl of Grantham | 1 |
| Robert Crawley | 1 |
| Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham – Downton Abbey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2708280 — 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: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham Context triple: [Hugh Bonneville, playedCharacter, Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham]
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Baron Spencer of Althorp
Baron Spencer of Althorp is a historic English peerage title held by the aristocratic Spencer family, associated with their ancestral seat at Althorp in Northamptonshire.
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Plantagenet Palliser
Plantagenet Palliser is a prominent fictional British politician and aristocrat in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, known for his reserved demeanor, sense of duty, and eventual rise to the position of Prime Minister.
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Mr Crawley
Mr Crawley is a proud, impoverished clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, best known for his severe integrity and the financial scandal that tests his character in "Framley Parsonage."
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Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, is a British aristocrat, landowner, and former chairman of Sotheby’s best known for overseeing the preservation and public promotion of the Chatsworth estate.
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E.
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood is a fictional, somewhat feckless younger son of Lord Emsworth who appears in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
- 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: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham Target entity description: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is the fictional patriarch of the aristocratic Crawley family and master of Downton Abbey in the British period drama series "Downton Abbey."
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A.
Baron Spencer of Althorp
Baron Spencer of Althorp is a historic English peerage title held by the aristocratic Spencer family, associated with their ancestral seat at Althorp in Northamptonshire.
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B.
Plantagenet Palliser
Plantagenet Palliser is a prominent fictional British politician and aristocrat in Anthony Trollope’s Palliser novels, known for his reserved demeanor, sense of duty, and eventual rise to the position of Prime Minister.
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C.
Mr Crawley
Mr Crawley is a proud, impoverished clergyman in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, best known for his severe integrity and the financial scandal that tests his character in "Framley Parsonage."
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D.
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, is a British aristocrat, landowner, and former chairman of Sotheby’s best known for overseeing the preservation and public promotion of the Chatsworth estate.
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E.
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood
The Hon. Frederick Threepwood is a fictional, somewhat feckless younger son of Lord Emsworth who appears in P. G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle stories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham Description of subject: Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, is the fictional patriarch of the aristocratic Crawley family and master of Downton Abbey in the British period drama series "Downton Abbey."
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham – Downton Abbey
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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title
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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this entity surface form:
Earl of Grantham
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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father
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Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
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this entity surface form:
6th Earl of Grantham
this entity surface form:
Earl of Grantham
this entity surface form:
Robert Crawley
this entity surface form:
Earl of Grantham
this entity surface form:
7th Earl of Grantham
subject surface form:
Henry Talbot