Lou Ferrigno
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Lou Ferrigno is an American bodybuilder and actor best known for winning multiple bodybuilding titles and starring as the Hulk in the 1970s television series "The Incredible Hulk."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lou Ferrigno canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4441286 — 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: Lou Ferrigno Context triple: [Pumping Iron, follows, Lou Ferrigno]
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A.
Raymond Wallace Bolger
Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, singer, and dancer best known for his iconic role as the Scarecrow in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Marty Piletti
Marty Piletti is the shy, kind-hearted Bronx butcher at the center of the 1955 film "Marty," whose search for love and self-worth drives the story.
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C.
Ricky Kirshner
Ricky Kirshner is a prominent American television and live-event producer known for overseeing major broadcasts such as Super Bowl halftime shows and high-profile award ceremonies.
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D.
Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson is the affable, wisecracking orthodontist and close friend of psychologist Bob Hartley on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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E.
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors was an American actor and former professional athlete best known for starring as Lucas McCain in the classic television Western series "The Rifleman."
- 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: Lou Ferrigno Target entity description: Lou Ferrigno is an American bodybuilder and actor best known for winning multiple bodybuilding titles and starring as the Hulk in the 1970s television series "The Incredible Hulk."
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A.
Raymond Wallace Bolger
Raymond Wallace Bolger was an American actor, singer, and dancer best known for his iconic role as the Scarecrow in the classic film "The Wizard of Oz."
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B.
Marty Piletti
Marty Piletti is the shy, kind-hearted Bronx butcher at the center of the 1955 film "Marty," whose search for love and self-worth drives the story.
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C.
Ricky Kirshner
Ricky Kirshner is a prominent American television and live-event producer known for overseeing major broadcasts such as Super Bowl halftime shows and high-profile award ceremonies.
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D.
Jerry Robinson
Jerry Robinson is the affable, wisecracking orthodontist and close friend of psychologist Bob Hartley on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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E.
Chuck Connors
Chuck Connors was an American actor and former professional athlete best known for starring as Lucas McCain in the classic television Western series "The Rifleman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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bodybuilder ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Hercules (1983 film)
NERFINISHED
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I Love You, Man NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Pumping Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinbad of the Seven Seas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Death of the Incredible Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Hulk (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Hulk Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trial of the Incredible Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Louis Jude Ferrigno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfHearingImpairment | ear infections in childhood ⓘ |
| competedIn | Mr. Olympia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-11-09 ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| hasChild | Lou Ferrigno Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hearingImpairment | yes ⓘ |
| height | about 6 ft 5 in ⓘ |
| name | Lou Ferrigno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hercules (1983 film)
NERFINISHED
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Pumping Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinbad of the Seven Seas NERFINISHED ⓘ The Incredible Hulk (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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bodybuilder ⓘ fitness trainer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | professional bodybuilding competitions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Bruce Banner's Hulk form
NERFINISHED
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Hulk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSpouse | Susan Groff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| sport | bodybuilding ⓘ |
| spouse | Carla Ferrigno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Pumping Iron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionGenre | superhero television series ⓘ |
| title |
IFBB Mr. America winner
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IFBB Mr. Universe winner ⓘ |
| won |
1971 IFBB Mr. America
NERFINISHED
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1973 IFBB Mr. Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ 1974 IFBB Mr. Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Arnold Schwarzenegger
NERFINISHED
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Bill Bixby NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Johnson 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: Lou Ferrigno Description of subject: Lou Ferrigno is an American bodybuilder and actor best known for winning multiple bodybuilding titles and starring as the Hulk in the 1970s television series "The Incredible Hulk."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hulk