Goro Suzuki
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Goro Suzuki, better known by his stage name Jack Soo, was a Japanese-American actor and comedian best remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the television series "Barney Miller."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goro Suzuki canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8500954 — 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: Goro Suzuki Context triple: [Jack Soo, birthName, Goro Suzuki]
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A.
Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda is a Japanese figure skater known as one of his country’s leading men’s singles competitors in the late 1990s and early 2000s, earning multiple international medals and national titles.
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B.
Zenko Suzuki
Zenko Suzuki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the early 1980s, leading the Liberal Democratic Party during a period of economic growth and shifting international relations.
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C.
Yasuhisa Toyota
Yasuhisa Toyota is a renowned Japanese acoustician celebrated for designing the sound of many of the world’s leading concert halls and performing arts venues.
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D.
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for co-developing the Suzuki coupling reaction, a pivotal method in organic synthesis.
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E.
Sachi Honda
Sachi Honda was the wife of Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda Motor Co., and a supportive partner throughout his life and career.
- 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: Goro Suzuki Target entity description: Goro Suzuki, better known by his stage name Jack Soo, was a Japanese-American actor and comedian best remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the television series "Barney Miller."
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A.
Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda is a Japanese figure skater known as one of his country’s leading men’s singles competitors in the late 1990s and early 2000s, earning multiple international medals and national titles.
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B.
Zenko Suzuki
Zenko Suzuki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in the early 1980s, leading the Liberal Democratic Party during a period of economic growth and shifting international relations.
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C.
Yasuhisa Toyota
Yasuhisa Toyota is a renowned Japanese acoustician celebrated for designing the sound of many of the world’s leading concert halls and performing arts venues.
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D.
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for co-developing the Suzuki coupling reaction, a pivotal method in organic synthesis.
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E.
Sachi Honda
Sachi Honda was the wife of Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda Motor Co., and a supportive partner throughout his life and career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage name ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Barney Miller ⓘ |
| birthName | Goro Suzuki ⓘ |
| characterRole | Detective Nick Yemana ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Japanese ⓘ |
| familyName | Suzuki ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Goro ⓘ |
| hasStageName | Jack Soo ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| notableActivity | Japanese-American representation on U.S. television ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller ⓘ |
| notableWork | Barney Miller ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| stageName | Jack Soo ⓘ |
| usedBy | Goro Suzuki ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Goro Suzuki Description of subject: Goro Suzuki, better known by his stage name Jack Soo, was a Japanese-American actor and comedian best remembered for his role as Detective Nick Yemana on the television series "Barney Miller."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Goro Suzuki
subject linked to:
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