Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson
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Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ human ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Mayberry R.F.D.
ⓘ
The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bookish
ⓘ
fussy ⓘ mild-mannered ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer |
Mayberry
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayberry town government
|
| familyRelation | close relationship with his mother ⓘ |
| fictionalRole | public official ⓘ |
| fictionalTown | Mayberry ⓘ |
| genre |
American television sitcom
ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ |
| introducedInSeries | The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Howard Sprague ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry
ⓘ
close relationship with his mother ⓘ |
| occupation |
county clerk
ⓘ
television actor ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jack Dodson ⓘ |
| portrayedCharacter | Howard Sprague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingState | North Carolina ⓘ |
| televisionUniverse |
Mayberry R.F.D.
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayberry R.F.D. universe
|
| worksAt |
Mayberry
ⓘ
surface form:
Mayberry courthouse
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Howard Sprague – Jack Dodson Description of subject: Howard Sprague, portrayed by Jack Dodson, is the mild-mannered, bookish county clerk of Mayberry known for his fussy demeanor and close relationship with his mother in the Mayberry R.F.D. universe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.