Dr. Phil
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Dr. Phil is an American television personality and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running daytime talk show "Dr. Phil," where he offers advice on personal and psychological issues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dr. Phil canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4924278 — 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: Dr. Phil Context triple: [Phil McGraw, alsoKnownAs, Dr. Phil]
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A.
The Dr. Phil Show
The Dr. Phil Show is an American daytime talk show hosted by psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, known for its confrontational, advice-driven format addressing personal and family issues.
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B.
Montel Williams
Montel Williams is an American television personality and former talk show host best known for his long-running syndicated program "The Montel Williams Show."
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C.
Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson was a renowned British broadcaster and journalist best known for his long-running, influential television talk show "Parkinson."
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D.
John Fortenberry
John Fortenberry is an American film and television director best known for helming the comedy film "A Night at the Roxbury" and working on various popular TV comedies.
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E.
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall is an American broadcast journalist and television talk show host known for her work on NBC’s "Today," MSNBC, and her syndicated daytime show "Tamron Hall."
- 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: Dr. Phil Target entity description: Dr. Phil is an American television personality and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running daytime talk show "Dr. Phil," where he offers advice on personal and psychological issues.
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A.
The Dr. Phil Show
The Dr. Phil Show is an American daytime talk show hosted by psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, known for its confrontational, advice-driven format addressing personal and family issues.
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B.
Montel Williams
Montel Williams is an American television personality and former talk show host best known for his long-running syndicated program "The Montel Williams Show."
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C.
Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson was a renowned British broadcaster and journalist best known for his long-running, influential television talk show "Parkinson."
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D.
John Fortenberry
John Fortenberry is an American film and television director best known for helming the comedy film "A Night at the Roxbury" and working on various popular TV comedies.
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E.
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall is an American broadcast journalist and television talk show host known for her work on NBC’s "Today," MSNBC, and her syndicated daytime show "Tamron Hall."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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psychologist ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| activeYearsInTelevision | 1990s–present ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Midwestern State University
NERFINISHED
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University of North Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Daytime Emmy Award nominations ⓘ |
| birthName | Phillip Calvin McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Jay McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-09-01 ⓘ |
| educatedIn | clinical psychology ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS Television Distribution
NERFINISHED
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Paramount Global (syndication) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
psychology
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television ⓘ |
| firstTelevisionExposure | The Oprah Winfrey Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | daytime talk show ⓘ |
| givenName | Phillip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | PhD in clinical psychology ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Jordan McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureLook | bald head and mustache ⓘ |
| hasTwitterAccount | @DrPhil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.drphil.com/ ⓘ |
| hasYouTubeChannel | Dr. Phil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
offering advice on personal issues
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offering advice on psychological issues ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Phil McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bull (television series inspiration)
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Phil NERFINISHED ⓘ Life Strategies NERFINISHED ⓘ Relationship Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ Self Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ The Doctors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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producer ⓘ psychologist ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vinita, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Robin McGraw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfNotableShow | Dr. Phil premiered in 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | public debate about television psychology ⓘ |
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: Dr. Phil Description of subject: Dr. Phil is an American television personality and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running daytime talk show "Dr. Phil," where he offers advice on personal and psychological issues.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Phil McGraw