James B. Sikking
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James B. Sikking is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James B. Sikking canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9235650 — 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: James B. Sikking Context triple: [The Pelican Brief, starring, James B. Sikking]
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A.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
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B.
James W. Skotchdopole
James W. Skotchdopole is an American film and television producer and assistant director known for his work on acclaimed projects such as Birdman and collaborations with prominent directors.
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C.
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
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D.
James T. Kelley
James T. Kelley was an early 20th-century film actor best known for his supporting roles in silent comedies, including several Charlie Chaplin films.
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E.
John R. Koelmel
John R. Koelmel is an American business executive and civic leader known for his roles in New York’s energy and financial sectors, including top leadership positions in major regional institutions.
- 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: James B. Sikking Target entity description: James B. Sikking is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D."
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A.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
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B.
James W. Skotchdopole
James W. Skotchdopole is an American film and television producer and assistant director known for his work on acclaimed projects such as Birdman and collaborations with prominent directors.
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C.
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
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D.
James T. Kelley
James T. Kelley was an early 20th-century film actor best known for his supporting roles in silent comedies, including several Charlie Chaplin films.
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E.
John R. Koelmel
John R. Koelmel is an American business executive and civic leader known for his roles in New York’s energy and financial sectors, including top leadership positions in major regional institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | James Barrie Sikking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCity | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlaceState | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn |
Doogie Howser, M.D.
NERFINISHED
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Hill Street Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek III: The Search for Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-03-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of California, Los Angeles
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University of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sikking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRole | Captain Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
film
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television ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasChild | Andrew Sikking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenreSpecialization |
crime drama
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drama ⓘ medical drama ⓘ |
| knownFor | portrayal of authority figures ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
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television series ⓘ |
| name | James B. Sikking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nominatedForWork | Hill Street Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAppearance | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Doogie Howser, M.D.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hill Street Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| spouse | Florence "Flora" Sikking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole |
Dr. David Howser
NERFINISHED
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Lieutenant Howard Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActiveStart | 1950s ⓘ |
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: James B. Sikking Description of subject: James B. Sikking is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.