Robert Hartley
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Robert Hartley is the fictional Chicago psychologist portrayed by Bob Newhart in the classic 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Hartley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12277125 — 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: Robert Hartley Context triple: [Dr. Robert Hartley, fullName, Robert Hartley]
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A.
John Hartley
John Hartley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
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B.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
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C.
Chris Hartley
Chris Hartley is a playable protagonist in the horror video game Until Dawn, known for his sarcastic personality and central role in the group’s struggle to survive a deadly night on Blackwood Mountain.
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D.
Richard Hartnett
Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- 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: Robert Hartley Target entity description: Robert Hartley is the fictional Chicago psychologist portrayed by Bob Newhart in the classic 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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A.
John Hartley
John Hartley is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
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B.
Philip Herriton
Philip Herriton is a central character in E.M. Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread," depicted as a conventional, somewhat repressed Englishman whose experiences in Italy challenge his assumptions and emotional reserve.
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C.
Chris Hartley
Chris Hartley is a playable protagonist in the horror video game Until Dawn, known for his sarcastic personality and central role in the group’s struggle to survive a deadly night on Blackwood Mountain.
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D.
Richard Hartnett
Richard Hartnett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Hartnett, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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E.
Bernard Hart
Bernard Hart was an early American financier and broker known for being among the original founders of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bob Newhart Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithActor | Bob Newhart’s comedic persona ⓘ |
| characterType | lead character ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | The Bob Newhart Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decadeOfFirstAppearance | 1970s ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed in private practice ⓘ |
| familyName | Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Bob Newhart Show universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Bob Newhart Show, Season 1 Episode 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Dr. Robert Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasColleague | Jerry Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Howard Borden
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPatientGroup | group therapy patients ⓘ |
| hasSecretary | Carol Kester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalShow | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
calm demeanor
ⓘ
deadpan sense of humor ⓘ |
| occupation | psychologist ⓘ |
| officeLocation | Chicago office building ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bob Newhart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedInCrossover | Newhart series finale dream sequence interpretation ⓘ |
| profession | clinical psychologist ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residenceType | apartment ⓘ |
| showOriginalRunEnd | 1978 ⓘ |
| showOriginalRunStart | 1972 ⓘ |
| spouse | Emily Hartley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | schoolteacher ⓘ |
| worksIn | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Robert Hartley Description of subject: Robert Hartley is the fictional Chicago psychologist portrayed by Bob Newhart in the classic 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley