Ian Richardson
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Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ian Richardson canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4651463 — 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: Ian Richardson Context triple: [Brazil (film), castMember, Ian Richardson]
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A.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
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B.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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C.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
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D.
Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent is an English character actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including roles in "Iris," the "Harry Potter" series, and numerous Mike Leigh films.
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E.
Philip Anthony Hopkins
Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor renowned for his intense and versatile performances in film and theatre, particularly his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."
- 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: Ian Richardson Target entity description: Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
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A.
Ron Todd
Ron Todd is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner before Kathleen Sebelius.
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B.
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy is an English actor known for his distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in films such as "Love Actually," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and "About Time."
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C.
Richard Briers
Richard Briers was an English actor best known for his work in British television comedies such as "The Good Life" and for his frequent collaborations with director Kenneth Branagh in both stage and film.
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D.
Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent is an English character actor acclaimed for his versatile performances in film, television, and theatre, including roles in "Iris," the "Harry Potter" series, and numerous Mike Leigh films.
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E.
Philip Anthony Hopkins
Philip Anthony Hopkins is a Welsh actor renowned for his intense and versatile performances in film and theatre, particularly his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Drama Desk Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Ian William Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| characterIn |
House of Cards (1990 TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-04-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2007-02-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of Dramatic Art, Glasgow
NERFINISHED
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Tynecastle High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| genre | classical theatre ⓘ |
| hasChild | Miles Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Shakespeare Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| name | Ian Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company
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portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the BBC House of Cards trilogy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brazil (1985 film)
NERFINISHED
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Dark City (1998 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ From Hell (2001 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gormenghast (2000 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Cards (1990 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Midsomer Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Final Cut NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ To Play the King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Edinburgh, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| role |
Bill Haydon
NERFINISHED
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Francis Urquhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maroussia Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Ian Richardson Description of subject: Ian Richardson was a distinguished Scottish actor renowned for his classical stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his chilling portrayal of Francis Urquhart in the original BBC "House of Cards" series.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Brazil (film)