Simon Raven
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Simon Raven was an English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his acerbic wit and adaptations of classic literary works for television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Raven canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4362426 — 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: Simon Raven Context triple: [The Pallisers, creator, Simon Raven]
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A.
Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch is a British author and screenwriter best known for his urban fantasy "Rivers of London" series, which blends police procedural elements with magic in a contemporary London setting.
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B.
Simon Harness
Simon Harness is a character from the "Strife" universe, recognized as one of its notable figures within the game's lore.
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C.
Alex Wiley
Alex Wiley is an American rapper and producer from Chicago known for his eclectic style and collaborations within the city's hip-hop scene.
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D.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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E.
Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Bill Webster in the soap opera "Coronation Street."
- 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: Simon Raven Target entity description: Simon Raven was an English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his acerbic wit and adaptations of classic literary works for television.
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A.
Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch is a British author and screenwriter best known for his urban fantasy "Rivers of London" series, which blends police procedural elements with magic in a contemporary London setting.
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B.
Simon Harness
Simon Harness is a character from the "Strife" universe, recognized as one of its notable figures within the game's lore.
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C.
Alex Wiley
Alex Wiley is an American rapper and producer from Chicago known for his eclectic style and collaborations within the city's hip-hop scene.
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D.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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E.
Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Bill Webster in the soap opera "Coronation Street."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1927-12-28 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2001-05-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
NERFINISHED
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King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenForm |
novels
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plays ⓘ screenplays ⓘ television scripts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acerbic wit
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television adaptations of classic literary works ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Parachute Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | post-war British literature ⓘ |
| name | Simon Arthur Noël Raven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSeries | Alms for Oblivion novel sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alms for Oblivion
NERFINISHED
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Bring Forth the Body NERFINISHED ⓘ Come Like Shadows NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward & Mrs Simpson (television serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fielding Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ Places Where They Sing NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound The Retreat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Judas Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Devils (television adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pallisers (television adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Roses of Picardie NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sabre Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ The Survivors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
cynical
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satirical ⓘ |
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: Simon Raven Description of subject: Simon Raven was an English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his acerbic wit and adaptations of classic literary works for television.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Pallisers
subject surface form:
The Pallisers