Misfits
E843565
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders who gain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Misfits canonical | 12 |
| Misfits (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10153903 — 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: Misfits Context triple: [Lydia Wilson, notableWork, Misfits]
-
A.
Misfits
Misfits are an American punk rock band known for pioneering horror punk through their fusion of aggressive music and horror film-inspired imagery.
-
B.
Misfits
Misfits is a 1978 studio album by the English rock band The Kinks, noted for its blend of rock and introspective songwriting.
-
C.
The Misfits
The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film, written by Arthur Miller and directed by John Huston, best known as the final completed movie of both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.
-
D.
The Pinheads
The Pinheads is the fictional rock band fronted by Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" film series.
-
E.
The Frustrators
The Frustrators are an American punk rock side project featuring Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt, known for their irreverent, humorous style and releases on Lookout! Records.
- 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: Misfits Target entity description: Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders who gain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm.
-
A.
Misfits
Misfits are an American punk rock band known for pioneering horror punk through their fusion of aggressive music and horror film-inspired imagery.
-
B.
Misfits
Misfits is a 1978 studio album by the English rock band The Kinks, noted for its blend of rock and introspective songwriting.
-
C.
The Misfits
The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film, written by Arthur Miller and directed by John Huston, best known as the final completed movie of both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe.
-
D.
The Pinheads
The Pinheads is the fictional rock band fronted by Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" film series.
-
E.
The Frustrators
The Frustrators are an American punk rock side project featuring Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt, known for their irreverent, humorous style and releases on Lookout! Records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Stereo ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Television Society Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Vince Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Howard Overman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Howard Overman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Murray Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Thamesmead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2009-11-12 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ superhero fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Alisha Daniels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Curtis Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kelly Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Wade NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Bellamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeRuntime | 45 minutes ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult following ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consequences of power
ⓘ
social alienation ⓘ youth crime ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2013-12-11 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
supernatural powers
ⓘ
young offenders ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 37 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| originalChannelBrand | E4 drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | Misfits (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | E4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 16:9 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of young offenders doing community service gain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Antonia Thomas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iwan Rheon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Gilgun NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Socha NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Stewart-Jarrett NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Sheehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Clerkenwell Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
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: Misfits Description of subject: Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television series about a group of young offenders who gain supernatural powers after a strange electrical storm.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Misfits (TV series)