Jerry Robinson
E292617
Jerry Robinson is the affable, wisecracking orthodontist and close friend of psychologist Bob Hartley on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry Robinson canonical | 8 |
| Dr. Jerry Robinson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2732253 — 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: Jerry Robinson Context triple: [The Bob Newhart Show, character, Jerry Robinson]
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A.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
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B.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
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C.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
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D.
Mickey Rogers
Mickey Rogers is an alternative spelling or nickname form of the name Michael Rogers, typically referring to the same individual.
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E.
William Witney
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
- 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: Jerry Robinson Target entity description: Jerry Robinson is the affable, wisecracking orthodontist and close friend of psychologist Bob Hartley on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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A.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
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B.
Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown was a popular American comedian and film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his wide-mouthed grin and roles in numerous Hollywood comedies.
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C.
Fred Robinson
Fred Robinson was an American jazz trombonist active in the 1920s and 1930s, known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading early jazz ensembles.
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D.
Mickey Rogers
Mickey Rogers is an alternative spelling or nickname form of the name Michael Rogers, typically referring to the same individual.
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E.
William Witney
William Witney was an American film director best known for his prolific work on action-packed B-movies and serials, particularly Westerns, during Hollywood’s mid-20th-century studio era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Bob Newhart Show ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
affable
ⓘ
wisecracking ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSeries |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| decadeOfFirstAppearance | 1970s ⓘ |
| friendOf | Bob Hartley ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
sarcastic
ⓘ
witty ⓘ |
| hasProfessionRelationshipWith | Bob Hartley ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | CBS ⓘ |
| occupation | orthodontist ⓘ |
| partOf | main ensemble cast of The Bob Newhart Show ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | multi-camera sitcom format ⓘ |
| relationshipToProtagonist | comic foil to Bob Hartley ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| seriesPremiereYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| setting | Chicago ⓘ |
| specialization | orthodontics ⓘ |
| worksAs | dental specialist ⓘ |
| worksIn | same office building as Bob Hartley ⓘ |
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: Jerry Robinson Description of subject: Jerry Robinson is the affable, wisecracking orthodontist and close friend of psychologist Bob Hartley on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jerry Robinson
subject linked to:
“Home to Emily”
subject linked to:
Dr. Robert “Bob” Hartley