Orbach
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Orbach is a surname most famously associated with American actor Jerry Orbach, known for his roles in "Law & Order" and Broadway musicals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orbach canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4744428 — 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: Orbach Context triple: [Jerry Orbach, familyName, Orbach]
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A.
Orly
Orly is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, best known for giving its name to the nearby Paris Orly Airport.
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B.
Marianne Ehrlich
Marianne Ehrlich was the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning German physician and immunologist Paul Ehrlich.
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C.
Vivienne Segal
Vivienne Segal was an American actress and singer best known as a leading lady of Broadway musicals in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Maria Thins
Maria Thins was a wealthy and devout Catholic woman in Delft best known as the mother-in-law and patron of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
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E.
Lucile
Lucile is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with the name Lucille and meaning "light."
- 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: Orbach Target entity description: Orbach is a surname most famously associated with American actor Jerry Orbach, known for his roles in "Law & Order" and Broadway musicals.
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A.
Orly
Orly is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, best known for giving its name to the nearby Paris Orly Airport.
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B.
Marianne Ehrlich
Marianne Ehrlich was the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning German physician and immunologist Paul Ehrlich.
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C.
Vivienne Segal
Vivienne Segal was an American actress and singer best known as a leading lady of Broadway musicals in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Maria Thins
Maria Thins was a wealthy and devout Catholic woman in Delft best known as the mother-in-law and patron of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
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E.
Lucile
Lucile is a popular 1860 verse novel by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, known for its romantic plot and melodramatic style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Jerome Bernard Orbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | prostate cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-10-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-12-28 ⓘ |
| familyName | Orbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| givenName | Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Jerry L. Orbach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Orbach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | role of Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Disney film Beauty and the Beast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Law & Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ Law & Order: Trial by Jury NERFINISHED ⓘ musical 42nd Street ⓘ musical Chicago ⓘ musical Promises, Promises ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
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stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Bronx, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elaine Cancilla Orbach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marta Curro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceRole | Lumière in Beauty and the Beast 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: Orbach Description of subject: Orbach is a surname most famously associated with American actor Jerry Orbach, known for his roles in "Law & Order" and Broadway musicals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.