Dennis Waterman
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Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dennis Waterman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5317780 — 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: Dennis Waterman Context triple: [New Tricks, portrayedBy, Dennis Waterman]
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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.
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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C.
Ian Richardson
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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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
- 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: Dennis Waterman Target entity description: Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
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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.
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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C.
Ian Richardson
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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D.
David Hayman
David Hayman is a Scottish actor and director known for his intense character roles in film and television, as well as his work in socially conscious drama.
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E.
Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern was an English actor renowned for his distinguished stage and screen career, often noted for his Shakespearean roles and character work in British film and television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2015 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Hannah Waterman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julia Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-02-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-05-08 ⓘ |
| familyName | Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Dennis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Dennis Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fair Exchange
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minder NERFINISHED ⓘ New Tricks NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Up NERFINISHED ⓘ Scars of Dracula NERFINISHED ⓘ Stay Lucky NERFINISHED ⓘ The Life and Loves of a She-Devil NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sweeney NERFINISHED ⓘ The World Cup: A Captain's Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Up the Junction NERFINISHED ⓘ Windy City ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Clapham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
La Manga
NERFINISHED
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Murcia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedRole |
Detective Sergeant George Carter in The Sweeney
NERFINISHED
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Gerry Standing in New Tricks ⓘ Terry McCann in Minder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sangThemeSongFor |
Minder
NERFINISHED
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New Tricks NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Joy Waterman
NERFINISHED
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Ken Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Pam Flint
NERFINISHED
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Patricia Maynard NERFINISHED ⓘ Penny Dixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rula Lenska 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: Dennis Waterman Description of subject: Dennis Waterman was an English actor and singer best known for his tough-guy roles in British television dramas such as The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.