Ever Decreasing Circles
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Ever Decreasing Circles is a British sitcom from the 1980s that follows the obsessive, socially awkward Martin Bryce and his interactions with neighbors in a suburban cul-de-sac.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ever Decreasing Circles canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10349587 — 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: Ever Decreasing Circles Context triple: [Penelope Wilton, notableWork, Ever Decreasing Circles]
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A.
Full Circle
"Full Circle" is a folk music album by the Canadian duo Ian and Sylvia, reflecting their mature songwriting and harmonies later in their career.
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B.
Full Circle
Full Circle is the 1972 post-Jim Morrison studio album by The Doors that explores jazz, funk, and progressive rock influences.
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C.
Full Circle
Full Circle is a studio album by American R&B group Boyz II Men that marked a later phase in their career, showcasing their signature harmonies with a more contemporary sound.
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D.
Full Circle
Full Circle is a travel book by Michael Palin that chronicles his journey around the Pacific Rim, accompanying the television series of the same name.
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E.
Smaller and Smaller
"Smaller and Smaller" is a lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher that explores infinite regression and geometric repetition through a pattern that appears to shrink endlessly toward the center.
- 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: Ever Decreasing Circles Target entity description: Ever Decreasing Circles is a British sitcom from the 1980s that follows the obsessive, socially awkward Martin Bryce and his interactions with neighbors in a suburban cul-de-sac.
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A.
Full Circle
Full Circle is a travel book by Michael Palin that chronicles his journey around the Pacific Rim, accompanying the television series of the same name.
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B.
Full Circle
"Full Circle" is a folk music album by the Canadian duo Ian and Sylvia, reflecting their mature songwriting and harmonies later in their career.
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C.
Full Circle
Full Circle is the 1972 post-Jim Morrison studio album by The Doors that explores jazz, funk, and progressive rock influences.
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D.
Full Circle
Full Circle is a studio album by American R&B group Boyz II Men that marked a later phase in their career, showcasing their signature harmonies with a more contemporary sound.
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E.
Smaller and Smaller
"Smaller and Smaller" is a lithograph print by Dutch artist M. C. Escher that explores infinite regression and geometric repetition through a pattern that appears to shrink endlessly toward the center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British sitcom
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| broadcastDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| characterTraitOfMartinBryce |
obsessive
ⓘ
socially awkward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Bob Larbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Esmonde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | multi-camera ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1984 ⓘ |
| format | half-hour episodes ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasChristmasSpecial | true ⓘ |
| hasOpeningTheme | instrumental theme ⓘ |
| includesSpecials | true ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1989 ⓘ |
| leadActorAsCharacter |
Geraldine Newman as Hilda Hughes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Penelope Wilton as Ann Bryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Egan as Paul Ryman NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Briers as Martin Bryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Lebor as Howard Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfStory | Surrey-like commuter belt suburb ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ann Bryce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hilda Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Bryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Ryman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | BBC1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of fussy, controlling protagonist ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 27 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | prime-time BBC sitcom ⓘ |
| producer | Harold Snoad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| setting | suburban English cul-de-sac ⓘ |
| starring |
Geraldine Newman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Owen Brenman NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope Wilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Briers NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Lebor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| theme |
community relationships
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social awkwardness ⓘ suburban middle-class life ⓘ |
| typicalRuntimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
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: Ever Decreasing Circles Description of subject: Ever Decreasing Circles is a British sitcom from the 1980s that follows the obsessive, socially awkward Martin Bryce and his interactions with neighbors in a suburban cul-de-sac.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.