Tim Reid
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Tim Reid is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on television series such as "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," and "Frank's Place."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tim Reid canonical | 17 |
| Frank Parrish – Tim Reid | 1 |
| Timothy Lee Reid | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T640579 — 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: Tim Reid Context triple: [Reid, hasNotableBearer, Tim Reid]
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A.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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B.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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C.
Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
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D.
Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
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E.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
- 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: Tim Reid Target entity description: Tim Reid is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on television series such as "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," and "Frank's Place."
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A.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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B.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
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C.
Jeffrey Dean
Jeffrey Dean is a prominent American computer scientist and software engineer best known for his influential work on large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure at Google.
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D.
Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Full Metal Jacket" and the series "Stranger Things."
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E.
Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Barbershop," "Think Like a Man," and "2 Fast 2 Furious," as well as various television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| almaMater | Norfolk State University ⓘ |
| awardNominatedForWork | Frank's Place ⓘ |
| birthName |
Timothy Lee Reid
ⓘ
linked to:
Tim Reid
|
| characterIn |
Frank's Place
ⓘ
Simon & Simon ⓘ Sister, Sister ⓘ
linked to:
Sister, Sister (1987 film)
WKRP in Cincinnati ⓘ |
| coFounded | United Image Productions ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-12-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Norfolk State College
ⓘ
linked to:
Norfolk State University
|
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
television comedy ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-creating and starring in Frank's Place
ⓘ
portraying Downtown Brown on Simon & Simon ⓘ portraying Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister ⓘ portraying Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Tim Reid ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAward | Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Frank's Place
ⓘ
Simon & Simon ⓘ Sister, Sister ⓘ
linked to:
Sister, Sister (1987 film)
WKRP in Cincinnati ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Norfolk, Virginia
|
| playedCharacter |
Downtown Brown
ⓘ
Frank Parrish ⓘ Ray Campbell ⓘ Venus Flytrap ⓘ |
| spouse | Daphne Maxwell Reid ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1970s–present ⓘ |
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: Tim Reid Description of subject: Tim Reid is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on television series such as "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Simon & Simon," and "Frank's Place."
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tim Reid