Regis Francis Xavier Philbin
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Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was a prominent American television personality best known for hosting the talk show "Live!" and the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Regis Francis Xavier Philbin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13285824 — 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: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin Context triple: [Regis Philbin, fullName, Regis Francis Xavier Philbin]
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A.
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Michael Augustine Corrigan was a prominent 19th-century American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York and played a key role in the Church’s growth and organization in the United States.
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B.
J. J. Philbin
J. J. Philbin is an American television writer and producer known for her work on shows such as "The O.C." and "New Girl."
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C.
Orator Francis Woodward
Orator Francis Woodward was an American businessman and marketer best known for transforming Jell-O into a nationally popular dessert brand in the early 20th century.
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D.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
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E.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is an American playwright, actor, and director known for his experimental and avant-garde theater works.
- 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: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin Target entity description: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was a prominent American television personality best known for hosting the talk show "Live!" and the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
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A.
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Michael Augustine Corrigan was a prominent 19th-century American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York and played a key role in the Church’s growth and organization in the United States.
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B.
J. J. Philbin
J. J. Philbin is an American television writer and producer known for her work on shows such as "The O.C." and "New Girl."
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C.
Orator Francis Woodward
Orator Francis Woodward was an American businessman and marketer best known for transforming Jell-O into a nationally popular dessert brand in the early 20th century.
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D.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
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E.
John O’Keefe
John O’Keefe is an American playwright, actor, and director known for his experimental and avant-garde theater works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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author ⓘ game show host ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Bachelor of Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Daytime Emmy Award
NERFINISHED
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Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood Walk of Fame star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
coronary artery disease
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heart attack ⓘ |
| child |
Amy Philbin
NERFINISHED
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Daniel Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ J. J. Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanna Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-08-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-07-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cardinal Hayes High School
NERFINISHED
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University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Regis Francis Xavier Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Regis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Francis Xavier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
America's Got Talent
NERFINISHED
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How I Got This Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Live! with Regis and Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Million Dollar Password NERFINISHED ⓘ Regis and Kathie Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ The Morning Show NERFINISHED ⓘ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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author ⓘ singer ⓘ television presenter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Manhattan
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New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Greenwich, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordCertifiedBy | Guinness World Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordHeld | most hours on U.S. television ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Catherine Faylen
NERFINISHED
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Joy Philbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin Description of subject: Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was a prominent American television personality best known for hosting the talk show "Live!" and the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.