Alan Eppes
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Alan Eppes is a central character on the television series "Numb3rs," depicted as the wise and supportive father of FBI agent Don Eppes and math genius Charlie Eppes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alan Eppes canonical | 2 |
| Eppes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6121956 — 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: Alan Eppes Context triple: [Judd Hirsch, portrayed, Alan Eppes]
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A.
John Reese
John Reese is a former CIA operative turned vigilante protagonist in the television series "Person of Interest," known for using his elite combat and surveillance skills to prevent violent crimes.
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B.
Walter Bishop
Walter Bishop is a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist and key member of the investigative team in the science-fiction television series "Fringe."
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C.
Niles Crane
Niles Crane is a fastidious, neurotic, and intellectually snobbish psychiatrist best known as Frasier Crane’s younger brother on the television sitcom "Frasier."
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D.
Leonard Hofstadter
Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward but kind-hearted experimental physicist who serves as one of the central nerdy protagonists in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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E.
John Clark
John Clark is a jazz French horn player best known for his work in fusion and contemporary jazz ensembles, including his tenure with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
- 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: Alan Eppes Target entity description: Alan Eppes is a central character on the television series "Numb3rs," depicted as the wise and supportive father of FBI agent Don Eppes and math genius Charlie Eppes.
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A.
John Reese
John Reese is a former CIA operative turned vigilante protagonist in the television series "Person of Interest," known for using his elite combat and surveillance skills to prevent violent crimes.
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B.
Walter Bishop
Walter Bishop is a brilliant but mentally unstable scientist and key member of the investigative team in the science-fiction television series "Fringe."
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C.
Niles Crane
Niles Crane is a fastidious, neurotic, and intellectually snobbish psychiatrist best known as Frasier Crane’s younger brother on the television sitcom "Frasier."
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D.
Leonard Hofstadter
Leonard Hofstadter is a socially awkward but kind-hearted experimental physicist who serves as one of the central nerdy protagonists in the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory."
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E.
John Clark
John Clark is a jazz French horn player best known for his work in fusion and contemporary jazz ensembles, including his tenure with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Numb3rs ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | crime drama television series ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
supportive
ⓘ
wise ⓘ |
| child |
Charlie Eppes
ⓘ
Don Eppes ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName |
Eppes
ⓘ
linked to:
Alan Eppes
|
| firstAppearanceWork |
Numb3rs season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Numb3rs
|
| formerOccupation | city planner ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alan ⓘ |
| hasInterest | family life ⓘ |
| hasLastNameSharedWith |
Charlie Eppes
ⓘ
Don Eppes ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
bridge between Don and Charlie Eppes
ⓘ
emotional anchor for the Eppes family ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | CBS ⓘ |
| occupation | city planner ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Judd Hirsch ⓘ |
| relative |
Charlie Eppes
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Don Eppes ⓘ Margaret Eppes ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
father of Charlie Eppes
ⓘ
father of Don Eppes ⓘ |
| spouse | Margaret Eppes ⓘ |
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: Alan Eppes Description of subject: Alan Eppes is a central character on the television series "Numb3rs," depicted as the wise and supportive father of FBI agent Don Eppes and math genius Charlie Eppes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alan Eppes