Robert T. Ironside
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Robert T. Ironside is the tough, wheelchair-using former San Francisco police chief who serves as the brilliant, unorthodox detective protagonist of the classic TV crime drama "Ironside."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert T. Ironside canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3964201 — 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 T. Ironside Context triple: [Raymond Burr, characterPortrayed, Robert T. Ironside]
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A.
Arthur K. Bolton
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B.
Charles Sims
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C.
William Hal Ashby
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D.
Edward H. Tarrant
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E.
Giles S. Rich
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- 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 T. Ironside Target entity description: Robert T. Ironside is the tough, wheelchair-using former San Francisco police chief who serves as the brilliant, unorthodox detective protagonist of the classic TV crime drama "Ironside."
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A.
Arthur K. Bolton
Arthur K. Bolton was the Attorney General of Georgia who defended the state's abortion law in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Doe v. Bolton.
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B.
Charles Sims
Charles Sims was a British painter known for his evocative figurative and allegorical works, some of which were created in connection with World War I commemorations.
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C.
William Hal Ashby
William Hal Ashby was an influential American film director and editor best known for his offbeat, character-driven films of the 1970s such as "Harold and Maude," "Shampoo," and "Being There."
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D.
Edward H. Tarrant
Edward H. Tarrant was a 19th-century Texas military and political figure known for his role in frontier defense and early Texas governance.
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E.
Giles S. Rich
Giles S. Rich was a highly influential American jurist and patent law expert who helped shape modern U.S. patent jurisprudence, including co-authoring the 1952 Patent Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ police officer ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ironside
ⓘ
Ironside ⓘ
surface form:
Ironside (1967 TV series)
|
| characterTrait |
brilliant
ⓘ
tough ⓘ unorthodox ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Collier Young ⓘ |
| createdFor | NBC ⓘ |
| familyName | Ironside ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | San Francisco police chief ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert T. Ironside self-link ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Ed Brown
ⓘ
Eve Whitfield ⓘ Mark Sanger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDisability | paralysis ⓘ |
| hasMoralAlignment | lawful ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Chief Ironside ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
solves crimes from a wheelchair
ⓘ
uses unconventional investigative methods ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first major TV detectives with a disability ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
police chief ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ironside
ⓘ
surface form:
Ironside (franchise)
|
| policeRank |
Chief
ⓘ
Chief of Detectives ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Raymond Burr ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Chief of Detectives ⓘ |
| primaryActivity | investigating crimes in San Francisco ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Ironside ⓘ |
| residence | San Francisco ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | San Francisco ⓘ |
| team | Ironside’s detective squad ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalWork |
1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| uses | wheelchair ⓘ |
| worksFor | San Francisco Police Department ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert T. Ironside Description of subject: Robert T. Ironside is the tough, wheelchair-using former San Francisco police chief who serves as the brilliant, unorthodox detective protagonist of the classic TV crime drama "Ironside."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.