Philip Proctor
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Philip Proctor is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian best known as a founding member of the surrealist comedy group The Firesign Theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Proctor canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9752963 — 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: Philip Proctor Context triple: [David Ossman, collaboratedWith, Philip Proctor]
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A.
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
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B.
Philip Holbrook
Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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C.
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy was an American character actor and comedian known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
Philip Hudson
Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
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E.
Henry Frye
Henry Frye is a pioneering American jurist who became the first African American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
- 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: Philip Proctor Target entity description: Philip Proctor is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian best known as a founding member of the surrealist comedy group The Firesign Theatre.
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A.
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton was a British character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films, including the adventure drama "Mogambo."
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B.
Philip Holbrook
Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
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C.
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy was an American character actor and comedian known for his distinctive raspy voice and frequent appearances in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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D.
Philip Hudson
Philip Hudson was an Australian architect best known for co-designing Melbourne’s iconic Shrine of Remembrance war memorial.
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E.
Henry Frye
Henry Frye is a pioneering American jurist who became the first African American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ radio comedian ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
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radio performance ⓘ voice performance ⓘ |
| genre |
sketch comedy
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surrealist comedy ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
The Firesign Theatre radio shows
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linked to:
The Firesign Theatre
The Firesign Theatre recorded sketches ⓘ The Firesign Theatre stage performances ⓘ |
| knownFor | founding member of The Firesign Theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Firesign Theatre ⓘ |
| name | Philip Proctor ⓘ |
| notableRole | performer in The Firesign Theatre ensemble ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Firesign Theatre comedy albums ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| performingArtsMedium |
film
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radio ⓘ television ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| workLocation | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Philip Proctor Description of subject: Philip Proctor is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian best known as a founding member of the surrealist comedy group The Firesign Theatre.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.