Jack Lord
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United States Navy officer
artist
film actor
film director
film producer
human
stage actor
television actor
Jack Lord was an American actor best known for starring as Steve McGarrett in the original television series "Hawaii Five-O" and for originating the role of Felix Leiter in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Lord canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4517291 — 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: Jack Lord Context triple: [Felix Leiter, portrayedBy, Jack Lord]
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A.
Norman Fell
Norman Fell was an American character actor best known for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the television sitcom "Three's Company."
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B.
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan was an Irish-American actor and director best known for his intense, enigmatic performances in film and television, particularly in the cult TV series "The Prisoner."
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C.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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D.
Nicholas Courtney
Nicholas Courtney was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Ian Hay
Ian Hay was a Scottish novelist and playwright, born John Hay Beith, known for his popular humorous and military-themed works and for adapting stories for the stage and screen.
- 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: Jack Lord Target entity description: Jack Lord was an American actor best known for starring as Steve McGarrett in the original television series "Hawaii Five-O" and for originating the role of Felix Leiter in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No."
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A.
Norman Fell
Norman Fell was an American character actor best known for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the television sitcom "Three's Company."
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B.
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick McGoohan was an Irish-American actor and director best known for his intense, enigmatic performances in film and television, particularly in the cult TV series "The Prisoner."
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C.
Clive Merrison
Clive Merrison is a Welsh actor known for his extensive work in British film, television, and radio, including his acclaimed portrayal of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Radio.
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D.
Nicholas Courtney
Nicholas Courtney was a British actor best known for his long-running role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in the classic science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Ian Hay
Ian Hay was a Scottish novelist and playwright, born John Hay Beith, known for his popular humorous and military-themed works and for adapting stories for the stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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artist ⓘ film actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Dr. No (1962) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | John Joseph Patrick Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-12-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-01-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
NERFINISHED
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New York University ⓘ United States Merchant Marine Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son (deceased) ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying law enforcement characters ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Jack Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dr. No
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaii Five-O NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
artist ⓘ director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
Dr. No (1962 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
Felix Leiter in Dr. No
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-O NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn |
United States Army
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United States Merchant Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie de Narde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn | Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1949–1980 ⓘ |
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: Jack Lord Description of subject: Jack Lord was an American actor best known for starring as Steve McGarrett in the original television series "Hawaii Five-O" and for originating the role of Felix Leiter in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.