Blackadder
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Blackadder is a British historical sitcom created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, known for its sharp wit, satirical take on different eras of English history, and Atkinson’s portrayal of the scheming Edmund Blackadder.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278754 — 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: Blackadder Context triple: [Richard Curtis, notableWork, Blackadder]
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A.
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group best known for their influential sketch show "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" and films like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian."
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B.
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
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C.
Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock was a celebrated English comedian and actor best known for his influential 1950s–60s radio and television series "Hancock's Half Hour."
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D.
Addams
Addams is the surname of Jane Addams, the pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House.
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E.
Maude
Maude is a 1970s American sitcom created by Norman Lear that follows the outspoken, liberal Maude Findlay and is known for tackling controversial social and political issues with sharp humor.
- 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: Blackadder Target entity description: Blackadder is a British historical sitcom created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, known for its sharp wit, satirical take on different eras of English history, and Atkinson’s portrayal of the scheming Edmund Blackadder.
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A.
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group best known for their influential sketch show "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" and films like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian."
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B.
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part is a British television sitcom that satirically portrays working-class life and bigotry through the character of the outspoken, conservative Alf Garnett.
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C.
Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock was a celebrated English comedian and actor best known for his influential 1950s–60s radio and television series "Hancock's Half Hour."
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D.
Addams
Addams is the surname of Jane Addams, the pioneering American social reformer, peace activist, and co-founder of Chicago’s Hull House.
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E.
Maude
Maude is a 1970s American sitcom created by Norman Lear that follows the outspoken, liberal Maude Findlay and is known for tackling controversial social and political issues with sharp humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television sitcom
ⓘ
historical sitcom ⓘ |
| character |
Baldrick
ⓘ
Edmund Blackadder ⓘ
surface form:
Captain Blackadder
General Melchett ⓘ Lord Flashheart ⓘ Lord Percy Percy ⓘ Prince George of Wales ⓘ
surface form:
Prince George
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Elizabeth I
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Richard Curtis
ⓘ
Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| format | live-action television series ⓘ |
| genre |
historical comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
Blackadder
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder II
Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Adder
|
| hasSpecial |
Blackadder
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
|
| hasTheme |
dark comedy
ⓘ
parody of historical figures ⓘ satire of war ⓘ |
| leadCharacterTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
sarcastic ⓘ scheming ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Edmund Blackadder ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
satirical take on English history
ⓘ
sharp wit ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
English Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan era
Middle Ages ⓘ Georgian era ⓘ
surface form:
Regency era
World War I ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Hugh Laurie
ⓘ
Rowan Atkinson ⓘ Stephen Fry ⓘ Tim McInnerny ⓘ Tony Robinson ⓘ |
| typicalEpisodeLength | 30 minutes (approximate) ⓘ |
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: Blackadder Description of subject: Blackadder is a British historical sitcom created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, known for its sharp wit, satirical take on different eras of English history, and Atkinson’s portrayal of the scheming Edmund Blackadder.
Referenced by (71)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Blackadder universe
this entity surface form:
Blackadder: Back & Forth (in Rowan Atkinson’s later TV work context)
this entity surface form:
Blackadder (BBC series, make-up department)
this entity surface form:
Blackadder II
this entity surface form:
Blackadder the Third
this entity surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
this entity surface form:
Blackadder II
this entity surface form:
Blackadder the Third
this entity surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
this entity surface form:
Blackadder II
this entity surface form:
Blackadder the Third
this entity surface form:
Blackadder Goes Forth
this entity surface form:
Blackadder (television series)
this entity surface form:
Blackadder (television series)