Marshall Eriksen
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Marshall Eriksen is a kind-hearted, idealistic lawyer and devoted friend from the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known for his goofy humor and deep love for his wife Lily.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marshall Eriksen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6711669 — 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: Marshall Eriksen Context triple: [Jason Segel, characterPortrayed, Marshall Eriksen]
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A.
Carl Erickson
Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
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B.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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C.
Scott E. Denmark
Scott E. Denmark is an American organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in synthetic methodology and organosilicon chemistry.
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D.
Marshall Blechtman
Marshall Blechtman is a quirky, socially awkward high school student and one of the central teen characters in the early-1980s sitcom "Square Pegs."
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E.
Mark Okerstrom
Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
- 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: Marshall Eriksen Target entity description: Marshall Eriksen is a kind-hearted, idealistic lawyer and devoted friend from the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known for his goofy humor and deep love for his wife Lily.
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A.
Carl Erickson
Carl Erickson was an American screenwriter active in early 20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on several studio films during the 1930s.
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B.
John Eisendrath
John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
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C.
Scott E. Denmark
Scott E. Denmark is an American organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work in synthetic methodology and organosilicon chemistry.
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D.
Marshall Blechtman
Marshall Blechtman is a quirky, socially awkward high school student and one of the central teen characters in the early-1980s sitcom "Square Pegs."
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E.
Mark Okerstrom
Mark Okerstrom is a Canadian business executive best known for serving as the former CEO of Expedia Group.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| almaMater | Wesleyan University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | How I Met Your Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestFriend | Ted Mosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Lawyered NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Carter Bays
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Craig Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dreamJob | environmental lawyer ⓘ |
| favoriteFood | Minnesotan dishes ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pilot (How I Met Your Mother) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend |
Barney Stinson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robin Scherbatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom character ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Daisy Eriksen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvin W. Eriksen NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed daughter ⓘ |
| height | tall ⓘ |
| hobby |
fantasy football
ⓘ
games with friends ⓘ |
| knownFor |
deep love for Lily Aldrin
ⓘ
goofy sense of humor ⓘ idealism ⓘ kind-hearted personality ⓘ |
| laterPosition | New York State judge ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | CBS ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| origin | St. Cloud, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Judy Eriksen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marvin Eriksen Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
loyal
ⓘ
optimistic ⓘ romantic ⓘ |
| pet | dog named Brover (temporary caretaker) ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jason Segel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheran ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| seriesFinalAppearance | Last Forever (How I Met Your Mother) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | How I Met Your Mother universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Marcus Eriksen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Unnamed brothers ⓘ |
| spouse | Lily Aldrin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedWith | Ted Mosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksIn |
corporate law
ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ |
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: Marshall Eriksen Description of subject: Marshall Eriksen is a kind-hearted, idealistic lawyer and devoted friend from the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," known for his goofy humor and deep love for his wife Lily.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.