Robert Keith
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Robert Keith was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1920s through the 1960s, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Keith canonical | 14 |
| Robert Alba Keith | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8207260 — 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 Keith Context triple: [Here Comes the Groom, hasCastMember, Robert Keith]
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A.
James Keith
James Keith was a Scottish soldier and Jacobite general who later became a celebrated field marshal in the Prussian Army under Frederick the Great.
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B.
Larry Kennar
Larry Kennar is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ drama series "The L Word."
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C.
Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay is an English actor known for his versatile performances in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "My Family" and acclaimed stage productions.
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D.
Peter A. Tyrrell
Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
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E.
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
- 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 Keith Target entity description: Robert Keith was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1920s through the 1960s, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
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A.
James Keith
James Keith was a Scottish soldier and Jacobite general who later became a celebrated field marshal in the Prussian Army under Frederick the Great.
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B.
Larry Kennar
Larry Kennar is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the groundbreaking LGBTQ+ drama series "The L Word."
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C.
Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay is an English actor known for his versatile performances in television, film, and theatre, including prominent roles in series such as "My Family" and acclaimed stage productions.
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D.
Peter A. Tyrrell
Peter A. Tyrrell was an American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in establishing and developing the early professional basketball franchise that became the Philadelphia Warriors.
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E.
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard K. Sutherland was a senior U.S. Army officer who served as General Douglas MacArthur’s chief of staff and key strategist in the Pacific during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
crime films
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drama ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portraying authoritative figures
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portraying paternal figures ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| periodOfActivityEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| periodOfActivityStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workStyle |
character roles
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supporting roles ⓘ |
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 Keith Description of subject: Robert Keith was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1920s through the 1960s, often portraying authoritative or paternal figures.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.