Bob Wiley
E381512
Bob Wiley is a neurotic but endearing patient whose obsessive dependence on his psychiatrist drives the comedic plot of the film "What About Bob?".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bob Wiley canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3681427 — 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: Bob Wiley Context triple: [What About Bob?, mainCharacter, Bob Wiley]
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A.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
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C.
Billy De Wolfe
Billy De Wolfe was an American character actor and comedian known for his fussy, fast-talking persona in mid-20th-century film, stage, and television comedies.
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D.
Mack Gerhardt
Mack Gerhardt is a central character in the television series "The Unit," known as a tough and highly skilled member of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
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E.
Malcolm Waite
Malcolm Waite was an American silent film actor best remembered for his supporting roles in early Hollywood comedies, including Charlie Chaplin films.
- 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: Bob Wiley Target entity description: Bob Wiley is a neurotic but endearing patient whose obsessive dependence on his psychiatrist drives the comedic plot of the film "What About Bob?".
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A.
Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist known for writing popular songs for films and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Curt Menefee
Curt Menefee is an American sportscaster best known as the longtime studio host of Fox's NFL coverage.
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C.
Billy De Wolfe
Billy De Wolfe was an American character actor and comedian known for his fussy, fast-talking persona in mid-20th-century film, stage, and television comedies.
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D.
Mack Gerhardt
Mack Gerhardt is a central character in the television series "The Unit," known as a tough and highly skilled member of an elite U.S. Army special operations team.
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E.
Malcolm Waite
Malcolm Waite was an American silent film actor best remembered for his supporting roles in early Hollywood comedies, including Charlie Chaplin films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | What About Bob? ⓘ |
| appearsInYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
Alvin Sargent
ⓘ
Tom Schulman ⓘ |
| createdFor | What About Bob? ⓘ |
| drivesPlotOf | What About Bob? ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasBehavior |
follows his psychiatrist on vacation
ⓘ
seeks constant reassurance ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Bob Wiley ⓘ |
| hasMentalHealthIssue |
anxiety
ⓘ
phobias ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
dependent
ⓘ
endearing ⓘ neurotic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| isPatientOf | Dr. Leo Marvin ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedic portrayal of mental health issues
ⓘ
obsessive attachment to his psychiatrist ⓘ |
| occupation | patient ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Bill Murray ⓘ |
| relationshipToDrLeoMarvin | patient ⓘ |
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: Bob Wiley Description of subject: Bob Wiley is a neurotic but endearing patient whose obsessive dependence on his psychiatrist drives the comedic plot of the film "What About Bob?".
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob?
subject linked to:
Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob?
subject linked to:
Dr. Leo Marvin in What About Bob?