Dr. Michael Holt
E402945
Dr. Michael Holt is the brilliant but emotionally distant neurosurgeon who serves as the central protagonist of the television drama "A Gifted Man."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Michael Holt canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3955836 — 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: Dr. Michael Holt Context triple: [A Gifted Man, mainCharacter, Dr. Michael Holt]
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A.
Dr. Alan Hill
Dr. Alan Hill is a mysterious psychiatrist in the horror video game "Until Dawn" who conducts unsettling therapy sessions that gradually reveal psychological themes and hidden truths about the story and its characters.
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B.
Dr. Robert Hartley
Dr. Robert Hartley is the mild-mannered Chicago psychologist and central comedic figure portrayed by Bob Newhart on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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C.
Dr. Robert Doback
Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
Dr. Christopher Turk
Dr. Christopher Turk is a charismatic and skilled surgeon on the TV series "Scrubs," known for his close friendship with J.D. and his humorous, energetic personality.
- 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: Dr. Michael Holt Target entity description: Dr. Michael Holt is the brilliant but emotionally distant neurosurgeon who serves as the central protagonist of the television drama "A Gifted Man."
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A.
Dr. Alan Hill
Dr. Alan Hill is a mysterious psychiatrist in the horror video game "Until Dawn" who conducts unsettling therapy sessions that gradually reveal psychological themes and hidden truths about the story and its characters.
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B.
Dr. Robert Hartley
Dr. Robert Hartley is the mild-mannered Chicago psychologist and central comedic figure portrayed by Bob Newhart on the classic sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show."
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C.
Dr. Robert Doback
Dr. Robert Doback is a fictional, long-suffering father figure and stepfather in the comedy film "Step Brothers," portrayed by actor Richard Jenkins.
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D.
Michael T. Williamson
Michael T. Williamson is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue in the film Forrest Gump.
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E.
Dr. Christopher Turk
Dr. Christopher Turk is a charismatic and skilled surgeon on the TV series "Scrubs," known for his close friendship with J.D. and his humorous, energetic personality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | drama series ⓘ |
| appearsInNumberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| centralConflict | balancing high-end neurosurgery with free clinic work ⓘ |
| characterArcTheme |
empathy and compassion
ⓘ
personal transformation ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
brilliant
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emotionally distant ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdForNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
ⓘ
neurosurgery ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Kate Sykora
ⓘ
Zeke ⓘ |
| hasFamilyMember |
Christina Holt
ⓘ
Raúl ⓘ
surface form:
Raul
|
| hasRelative | Anna Paul ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalExperience | sees the ghost of his ex-wife Anna Paul ⓘ |
| initialBeliefSystem | skeptical of the supernatural ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
ethical dilemmas in medicine
ⓘ
impact of wealth and privilege ⓘ life after death questions ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | neurosurgeon ⓘ |
| personality |
driven
ⓘ
rational ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Patrick Wilson ⓘ |
| relationshipToAnnaPaul | ex-husband ⓘ |
| roleIn | A Gifted Man ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| settingOfWork | New York City ⓘ |
| socialStatus | wealthy ⓘ |
| specialization | brain surgery ⓘ |
| worksAt |
Clinica Sanando
ⓘ
Holt Neuro ⓘ |
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: Dr. Michael Holt Description of subject: Dr. Michael Holt is the brilliant but emotionally distant neurosurgeon who serves as the central protagonist of the television drama "A Gifted Man."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
A Gifted Man
subject surface form:
A Gifted Man