Robert Guillaume
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Robert Guillaume was an Emmy-winning American actor best known for his roles on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson," as well as voicing Rafiki in Disney's "The Lion King."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Guillaume canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4559301 — 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 Guillaume Context triple: [Sports Night, portrayedBy, Robert Guillaume]
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A.
Roger Devereau
Roger Devereau is the central protagonist of the comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," around whom the movie’s train-bound mystery and adventure revolve.
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B.
Franck Leroy
Franck Leroy is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of Épernay, a commune in the Marne department of northeastern France.
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C.
Russell Dupuis
Russell Dupuis is an American electrical engineer and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and the development of semiconductor lasers and LEDs.
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D.
Stephen Rochon
Stephen Rochon is a retired U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral who became the first African American to serve as White House Chief Usher, overseeing operations and staff at the Executive Residence.
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E.
James Roche Verling
James Roche Verling was an Irish army surgeon best known for serving as one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s personal physicians during his exile on Saint Helena.
- 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 Guillaume Target entity description: Robert Guillaume was an Emmy-winning American actor best known for his roles on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson," as well as voicing Rafiki in Disney's "The Lion King."
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A.
Roger Devereau
Roger Devereau is the central protagonist of the comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," around whom the movie’s train-bound mystery and adventure revolve.
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B.
Franck Leroy
Franck Leroy is a French politician known for serving as the mayor of Épernay, a commune in the Marne department of northeastern France.
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C.
Russell Dupuis
Russell Dupuis is an American electrical engineer and materials scientist renowned for his pioneering work in metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and the development of semiconductor lasers and LEDs.
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D.
Stephen Rochon
Stephen Rochon is a retired U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral who became the first African American to serve as White House Chief Usher, overseeing operations and staff at the Executive Residence.
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E.
James Roche Verling
James Roche Verling was an Irish army surgeon best known for serving as one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s personal physicians during his exile on Saint Helena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
NERFINISHED
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NAACP Image Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Robert Peter Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from prostate cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-11-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-10-24 ⓘ |
| education |
St. Louis University
NERFINISHED
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Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
animated film
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television comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Benson DuBois
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voicing Rafiki in Disney's "The Lion King" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Robert Guillaume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Benson
NERFINISHED
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Soap NERFINISHED ⓘ Sports Night NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lion King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lion King 1½ NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lion King II: Simba's Pride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Donna Brown Guillaume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole |
Benson DuBois on "Benson"
NERFINISHED
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Benson DuBois on "Soap" NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Jaffe on "Sports Night" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceRole |
Rafiki in "The Lion King 1½"
NERFINISHED
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Rafiki in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" NERFINISHED ⓘ Rafiki in "The Lion King" 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 Guillaume Description of subject: Robert Guillaume was an Emmy-winning American actor best known for his roles on the television series "Soap" and its spin-off "Benson," as well as voicing Rafiki in Disney's "The Lion King."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.