Larry Hagman
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Larry Hagman was an American actor best known for his iconic role as the scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the television series "Dallas."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Hagman canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392119 — 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: Larry Hagman Context triple: [Jim Davis, workedWith, Larry Hagman]
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A.
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman was an American actor and comedian best known for his role as DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on the television sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati."
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B.
William B. Murray
William B. Murray was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive who served as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, helping shape the structure of the minor leagues.
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C.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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D.
James Garner
James Garner was an American actor best known for his charming, laid-back roles in television series like "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" as well as numerous films.
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E.
Claude Pickens
Claude Pickens was an American missionary and photographer known for his extensive documentation of Muslim communities in northwest China during the early 20th century.
- 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: Larry Hagman Target entity description: Larry Hagman was an American actor best known for his iconic role as the scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the television series "Dallas."
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A.
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman was an American actor and comedian best known for his role as DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on the television sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati."
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B.
William B. Murray
William B. Murray was a prominent early 20th-century baseball executive who served as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, helping shape the structure of the minor leagues.
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C.
Robert Oliver Reed
Robert Oliver Reed was a British actor known for his intense screen presence and roles in films such as "Oliver!", "Women in Love," and "Gladiator."
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D.
James Garner
James Garner was an American actor best known for his charming, laid-back roles in television series like "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files" as well as numerous films.
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E.
Claude Pickens
Claude Pickens was an American missionary and photographer known for his extensive documentation of Muslim communities in northwest China during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | acute myeloid leukemia ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Dallas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Dream of Jeannie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-11-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bard College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hagman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Benjamin Jackson Hagman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Larry Martin Hagman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| givenName | Larry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying astronaut Major Anthony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie
ⓘ
portraying ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing on Dallas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Golden Globe Award
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole |
J. R. Ewing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major Anthony Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dallas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Dream of Jeannie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Fort Worth, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dallas, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
J. R. Ewing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major Anthony Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| residence |
Malibu, California, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ojai, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maj Axelsson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredIn |
Dallas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Dream of Jeannie NERFINISHED ⓘ Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Primary Colors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950–2012 ⓘ |
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: Larry Hagman Description of subject: Larry Hagman was an American actor best known for his iconic role as the scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the television series "Dallas."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I Dream of Jeannie