Frasier Crane
E175664
Frasier Crane is a fictional, intellectually inclined and often neurotic psychiatrist best known as the central character in the television sitcom "Frasier," originally introduced on "Cheers."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frasier Crane canonical | 49 |
| Dr. Frasier Crane | 2 |
| Frasier (as Norm Peterson) | 1 |
| Frasier Crane (character) | 1 |
| Frasier Winslow Crane | 1 |
| Frasier and Martin Crane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1545506 — 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: Frasier Crane Context triple: [Frasier, basedOnCharacter, Frasier Crane]
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A.
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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B.
John Larroquette
John Larroquette is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role on "Night Court" and prominent performances in both television and film.
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C.
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan was an American character actor best known for his long-running role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the television series M*A*S*H and its spin-off AfterMASH.
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D.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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E.
Michael Bluth
Michael Bluth is the responsible, level-headed son who struggles to keep his wildly dysfunctional family and their failing real estate business together in the sitcom "Arrested Development."
- 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: Frasier Crane Target entity description: Frasier Crane is a fictional, intellectually inclined and often neurotic psychiatrist best known as the central character in the television sitcom "Frasier," originally introduced on "Cheers."
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A.
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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B.
John Larroquette
John Larroquette is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role on "Night Court" and prominent performances in both television and film.
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C.
Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan was an American character actor best known for his long-running role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the television series M*A*S*H and its spin-off AfterMASH.
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D.
C. K. Dexter-Haven
C. K. Dexter-Haven is the charming, witty ex-husband of socialite Tracy Lord in the musical film "High Society," famously portrayed by Bing Crosby.
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E.
Michael Bluth
Michael Bluth is the responsible, level-headed son who struggles to keep his wildly dysfunctional family and their failing real estate business together in the sitcom "Arrested Development."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Harvard University (fictional backstory)
ⓘ
linked to:
Harvard University
Oxford University (fictional backstory) ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from Cheers ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Seattle, Washington (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle
|
| characterTrait |
cultured
ⓘ
intellectual ⓘ neurotic ⓘ pretentious ⓘ |
| child | Frederick Crane ⓘ |
| creator |
Glen Charles
ⓘ
James Burrows ⓘ Les Charles ⓘ |
| employer | KACL radio station ⓘ |
| familyName | Crane ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | psychiatry ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Cheers ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceSeason | Season 3 of Cheers ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Frasier Winslow Crane
ⓘ
linked to:
Frasier Crane
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Frasier ⓘ |
| likes |
classical music
ⓘ
fine wine ⓘ opera ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOf |
Frasier
ⓘ
Frasier (2023 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Frasier
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
friendship with Daphne Moon
ⓘ
friendship with Roz Doyle ⓘ friendship with Sam Malone ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cheers
ⓘ
Frasier ⓘ Frasier (2023 TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Frasier
|
| occupation |
psychiatrist
ⓘ
radio psychiatrist ⓘ talk show host ⓘ |
| parent |
Hester Crane
ⓘ
Martin Crane ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Kelsey Grammer ⓘ |
| position | radio host at KACL ⓘ |
| religion | nominally Episcopalian (fictional) ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Seattle, Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Seattle, Washington, United States
|
| sibling | Niles Crane ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Cheers ⓘ |
| spouse | Lilith Sternin (ex‑wife) ⓘ |
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: Frasier Crane Description of subject: Frasier Crane is a fictional, intellectually inclined and often neurotic psychiatrist best known as the central character in the television sitcom "Frasier," originally introduced on "Cheers."
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Frasier Crane
linked to: Frasier Crane
linked to: Frasier Crane
subject linked to:
Kelsey
linked to: Frasier Crane
subject linked to:
Grammer
linked to: Frasier Crane
subject linked to:
Lilith Sternin (ex‑wife)
subject linked to:
Lilith Sternin (ex‑wife)
subject linked to:
Lilith Sternin (ex‑wife)
subject linked to:
KACL radio station
subject linked to:
KACL radio station
subject linked to:
KACL radio station
linked to: Frasier Crane