Robert Shaw
E568139
Robert Shaw is a relatively obscure individual primarily noted for being married to Virginia Jansen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Shaw canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6121707 — 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: Robert Shaw Context triple: [Virginia Jansen, spouse, Robert Shaw]
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A.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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B.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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C.
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his commanding screen presence and iconic roles in epic films such as "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes."
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D.
George Kennedy
George Kennedy was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in films such as "Cool Hand Luke," for which he won an Academy Award, and the "Airport" and "Naked Gun" series.
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E.
Robert Shaw Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver was an American military officer and government official who served in senior leadership roles in the U.S. War Department in the early 20th century.
- 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: Robert Shaw Target entity description: Robert Shaw is a relatively obscure individual primarily noted for being married to Virginia Jansen.
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A.
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw was a British actor and writer best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Jaws," "From Russia with Love," and "The Sting."
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B.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an acclaimed American actor and director best known for his intense, commanding performances in films such as "Patton," for which he won (and famously refused) the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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C.
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his commanding screen presence and iconic roles in epic films such as "Ben-Hur," "The Ten Commandments," and "Planet of the Apes."
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D.
George Kennedy
George Kennedy was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in films such as "Cool Hand Luke," for which he won an Academy Award, and the "Airport" and "Naked Gun" series.
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E.
Robert Shaw Oliver
Robert Shaw Oliver was an American military officer and government official who served in senior leadership roles in the U.S. War Department in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (2)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| spouse | Virginia Jansen ⓘ |
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: Robert Shaw Description of subject: Robert Shaw is a relatively obscure individual primarily noted for being married to Virginia Jansen.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.