David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson
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David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10720121 — 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: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Context triple: [David Tomlinson, birthName, David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson]
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A.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
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B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
- 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: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Target entity description: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
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A.
David Couper Thomson
David Couper Thomson was a Scottish publisher who founded the D.C. Thomson & Co. media company, known for its newspapers, magazines, and comics.
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B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald is a Canadian municipal politician who served as the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and museum director best known for leading major contemporary art institutions in the UK.
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E.
Daniel Macmillan
Daniel Macmillan was a 19th-century British publisher and co-founder of the influential publishing house Macmillan Publishers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tomlinson family plot, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-05-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-06-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Tonbridge School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Tomlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Cecil Tomlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0866969 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| mother | Florence Tomlinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | comic roles in Disney films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
NERFINISHED
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Helter Skelter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Poppins NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu NERFINISHED ⓘ The Love Bug NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Men in a Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ Up the Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Fitzrovia, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Westminster, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
George Banks in Mary Poppins
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Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Audrey Freeman
NERFINISHED
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Mary Lindsay Hiddingh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson Description of subject: David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in classic Disney films such as "Mary Poppins" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
Referenced by (1)
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