David Lister
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David Lister is a fictional character from the British science fiction sitcom "Red Dwarf," known as the last human alive and a slobbish, laid-back space bum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Lister canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11823798 — 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 Lister Context triple: [Lister, hasNotableBearer, David Lister]
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A.
Arthur Bannister
Arthur Bannister is a cunning, crippled defense attorney and one of the central, morally ambiguous figures in Orson Welles’s film noir *The Lady from Shanghai*.
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B.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
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C.
Ian Rumfitt
Ian Rumfitt is a British philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of language and logic, particularly on meaning, truth, and inferentialism.
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D.
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often appearing in comedies and crime dramas.
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E.
Geoffrey Orme
Geoffrey Orme was a British screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century films and television, including contributions to series like Doctor Who.
- 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 Lister Target entity description: David Lister is a fictional character from the British science fiction sitcom "Red Dwarf," known as the last human alive and a slobbish, laid-back space bum.
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A.
Arthur Bannister
Arthur Bannister is a cunning, crippled defense attorney and one of the central, morally ambiguous figures in Orson Welles’s film noir *The Lady from Shanghai*.
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B.
Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on independent films and major features, often collaborating with directors like Deepa Mehta and David Mackenzie.
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C.
Ian Rumfitt
Ian Rumfitt is a British philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of language and logic, particularly on meaning, truth, and inferentialism.
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D.
John Tyrrell
John Tyrrell was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, often appearing in comedies and crime dramas.
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E.
Geoffrey Orme
Geoffrey Orme was a British screenwriter best known for his work on mid-20th-century films and television, including contributions to series like Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Red Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awakensAfter | radiation leak on Red Dwarf ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
good-hearted
ⓘ
lazy ⓘ scruffy ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Doug Naylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rob Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Jupiter Mining Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Afro-Caribbean ⓘ |
| favoriteDrink | lager ⓘ |
| favoriteFood | curry ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Red Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Red Dwarf: Series 1, Episode 1 "The End" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend |
Arnold Rimmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kryten NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frozenIn | stasis ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| hobby |
drinking beer
ⓘ
playing guitar ⓘ |
| homeworld | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jobTitle | third technician ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the last human alive
ⓘ
comic misadventures in deep space ⓘ slobbish lifestyle ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | single ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | last known human alive ⓘ |
| occupation | technician ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
laid-back
ⓘ
slobbish ⓘ |
| pet | Frankenstein (cat) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Craig Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticInterest | Kristine Kochanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesOn | Red Dwarf (spaceship) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mining spaceship Red Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| smokes | yes ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
| timeDisplacement | three million years into the future ⓘ |
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: David Lister Description of subject: David Lister is a fictional character from the British science fiction sitcom "Red Dwarf," known as the last human alive and a slobbish, laid-back space bum.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.