Roger and the Rottentrolls
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Roger and the Rottentrolls is a British children's television series combining live action and puppetry, centered on a boy who encounters mischievous troll-like creatures in a fantastical valley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger and the Rottentrolls canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9113373 — 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: Roger and the Rottentrolls Context triple: [Holliday Grainger, notableWork, Roger and the Rottentrolls]
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A.
The Grouch
The Grouch is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their 1997 album "Nimrod."
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B.
Mr. Pricklepants
Mr. Pricklepants is a theatrically inclined stuffed hedgehog character from the Toy Story franchise, known for his dramatic personality and love of method acting.
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C.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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D.
The Book of Roger
The Book of Roger is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that provides one of the most detailed medieval descriptions and maps of the known world.
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E.
Gnasty Gnorc
Gnasty Gnorc is the main antagonist and final boss of the original Spyro the Dragon game, known as a powerful gnorc warlord who turns dragons into crystal.
- 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: Roger and the Rottentrolls Target entity description: Roger and the Rottentrolls is a British children's television series combining live action and puppetry, centered on a boy who encounters mischievous troll-like creatures in a fantastical valley.
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A.
The Grouch
The Grouch is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day, featured on their 1997 album "Nimrod."
-
B.
Mr. Pricklepants
Mr. Pricklepants is a theatrically inclined stuffed hedgehog character from the Toy Story franchise, known for his dramatic personality and love of method acting.
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C.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a darkly comic, alphabet-based picture book by Edward Gorey that depicts the morbidly humorous deaths of 26 children, each corresponding to a letter.
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D.
The Book of Roger
The Book of Roger is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that provides one of the most detailed medieval descriptions and maps of the known world.
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E.
Gnasty Gnorc
Gnasty Gnorc is the main antagonist and final boss of the original Spyro the Dragon game, known as a powerful gnorc warlord who turns dragons into crystal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| basedInPartOn | Yorkshire folklore ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
CITV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBroadcast | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Tim Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | mischievous trolls ⓘ |
| featuresCreature | troll-like creatures ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1996 ⓘ |
| format | live action and puppetry ⓘ |
| genre |
children's television
ⓘ
fantasy television ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Auntie Alice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roger Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigsworthy Crags NERFINISHED ⓘ Strid NERFINISHED ⓘ Yockenthwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | rottentrolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | storytelling with narration ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistType | young boy ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Rottentroll Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fantastical valley ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adventure
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ friendship ⓘ |
| hasVisualStyle | combination of puppets and human actors ⓘ |
| intendedFor | children's audience ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2000 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Martin Clunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 40 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
CITV
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ITV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Children's Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionLocation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
live action
ⓘ
puppetry ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Roger and the Rottentrolls Description of subject: Roger and the Rottentrolls is a British children's television series combining live action and puppetry, centered on a boy who encounters mischievous troll-like creatures in a fantastical valley.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.