Sorry!
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"Sorry!" is a British television sitcom best known for starring Ronnie Corbett as a middle-aged man still living with his domineering mother.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sorry! canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10015438 — 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: Sorry! Context triple: [John Leeson, appearedIn, Sorry!]
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A.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a song by the American rock band Lemonade, known for its blend of indie rock and electronic pop elements.
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B.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a track from the 2014 album "VII," likely representing one of its notable songs.
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C.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a 2015 dance-pop song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber that became a global hit and one of his signature tracks.
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D.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a stand-up comedy special by Louis C.K. featuring his characteristic dark, self-deprecating humor and observational storytelling.
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E.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a song by the English rock band Coldplay from their seventh studio album, "A Head Full of Dreams."
- 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: Sorry! Target entity description: "Sorry!" is a British television sitcom best known for starring Ronnie Corbett as a middle-aged man still living with his domineering mother.
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A.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a song by the American rock band Lemonade, known for its blend of indie rock and electronic pop elements.
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B.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a track from the 2014 album "VII," likely representing one of its notable songs.
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C.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a 2015 dance-pop song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber that became a global hit and one of his signature tracks.
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D.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a song featured on the 2018 concept album *Homecoming*, which showcases a blend of introspective lyrics and contemporary production.
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E.
Sorry
"Sorry" is a stand-up comedy special by Louis C.K. featuring his characteristic dark, self-deprecating humor and observational storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television sitcom ⓘ |
| broadcastBy | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Frank Baker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Phyllis Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| endDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| era | 1980s British television comedy ⓘ |
| fatherCharacterName | Sidney Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1981 ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOnChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | television series ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasDomineeringMotherCharacter | true ⓘ |
| hasLiveAction | true ⓘ |
| knownFor | catchphrase "Language, Timothy!" ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1988 ⓘ |
| leadActor | Ronnie Corbett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | librarian ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Timothy Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherCharacterName | Phyllis Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 40 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 7 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | half‑hour episodes ⓘ |
| originalMedium | television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Follows Timothy Lumsden, a middle‑aged librarian still living with his domineering mother and meek father. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ronnie Corbett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siblingCharacterName | Muriel Lumsden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring | Ronnie Corbett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor | Ronnie Corbett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
extended adolescence
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family relationships ⓘ overbearing parents ⓘ |
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: Sorry! Description of subject: "Sorry!" is a British television sitcom best known for starring Ronnie Corbett as a middle-aged man still living with his domineering mother.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.