Phil McGraw
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Phil McGraw, commonly known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running talk show "Dr. Phil."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phil McGraw canonical | 24 |
| Phillip Calvin McGraw | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4924247 — 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: Phil McGraw Context triple: [McGraw, hasNotableBearer, Phil McGraw]
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A.
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw is an American country music singer and actor known for his numerous chart-topping hits and significant influence on modern country music.
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B.
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks is a hugely successful American country music singer and songwriter known for his record-breaking album sales, energetic live performances, and broad crossover appeal.
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C.
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton is an American country music singer and television personality best known for his long-running role as a coach on the U.S. singing competition show "The Voice."
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D.
Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his clever lyrics, virtuoso guitar playing, and numerous chart-topping hits.
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E.
Billy Ray
Billy Ray is an American screenwriter and director known for writing acclaimed films such as "Shattered Glass," "Captain Phillips," and "The Hunger Games."
- 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: Phil McGraw Target entity description: Phil McGraw, commonly known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running talk show "Dr. Phil."
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A.
Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw is an American country music singer and actor known for his numerous chart-topping hits and significant influence on modern country music.
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B.
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks is a hugely successful American country music singer and songwriter known for his record-breaking album sales, energetic live performances, and broad crossover appeal.
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C.
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton is an American country music singer and television personality best known for his long-running role as a coach on the U.S. singing competition show "The Voice."
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D.
Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his clever lyrics, virtuoso guitar playing, and numerous chart-topping hits.
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E.
Billy Ray
Billy Ray is an American screenwriter and director known for writing acclaimed films such as "Shattered Glass," "Captain Phillips," and "The Hunger Games."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
human ⓘ psychologist ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
B.A. in psychology
ⓘ
M.A. in experimental psychology ⓘ Ph.D. in clinical psychology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dr. Phil ⓘ |
| birthName |
Phillip Calvin McGraw
ⓘ
linked to:
Phil McGraw
|
| child |
Jay McGraw
ⓘ
Jordan McGraw ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-09-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Midwestern State University
ⓘ
University of North Texas ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS Television Distribution
ⓘ
Peteski Productions ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
clinical psychology
ⓘ
forensic psychology ⓘ |
| genre |
psychology
ⓘ
self-help ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Jay McGraw
ⓘ
Jordan McGraw ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.drphil.com ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Phil McGraw ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
hosted long-running daytime talk show Dr. Phil
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Phil
|
| notableWork |
Bull (TV series) (inspiration for main character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bull
Dr. Phil ⓘ Family First ⓘ Life Strategies ⓘ Love Smart ⓘ Relationship Rescue ⓘ Self Matters ⓘ The 20/20 Diet ⓘ The Ultimate Weight Solution ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
producer ⓘ psychologist ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Vinita, Oklahoma, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Vinita, Oklahoma
|
| presenterOf |
Dr. Phil
ⓘ
The Phil McGraw Show (Dr. Phil) ⓘ
linked to:
The Dr. Phil Show
|
| residence |
Dallas, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas, Texas
Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Debbie Higgins
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Robin McGraw ⓘ |
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: Phil McGraw Description of subject: Phil McGraw, commonly known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, and psychologist best known for hosting the long-running talk show "Dr. Phil."
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Phil McGraw
subject linked to:
Dr. Jason Bull, Bull
subject linked to:
Dr. Jason Bull, Bull
subject linked to:
“Dr. Phil Theme”