Robert William Barker
E439476
Robert William Barker, better known as Bob Barker, was a longtime American television game show host most famous for hosting "The Price Is Right."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert William Barker canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4390359 — 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 William Barker Context triple: [Bob Barker, fullName, Robert William Barker]
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A.
Robert Barker
Robert Barker was a 17th-century English royal printer best known for printing the first edition of the King James Bible.
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B.
Walter Baker
Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
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C.
Fred Barker
Fred Barker was an American gangster and member of the notorious Barker–Karpis gang during the early 20th-century crime wave in the United States.
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
Henry Braham
Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
- 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 William Barker Target entity description: Robert William Barker, better known as Bob Barker, was a longtime American television game show host most famous for hosting "The Price Is Right."
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A.
Robert Barker
Robert Barker was a 17th-century English royal printer best known for printing the first edition of the King James Bible.
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B.
Walter Baker
Walter Baker is a notable individual whose name is associated with various historical and professional contexts, including business and public service.
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C.
Fred Barker
Fred Barker was an American gangster and member of the notorious Barker–Karpis gang during the early 20th-century crime wave in the United States.
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D.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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E.
Henry Braham
Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animal rights activist
ⓘ
game show host ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 99 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bob Barker ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
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Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards ⓘ
linked to:
Daytime Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement
Television Hall of Fame induction ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Alzheimer's disease ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-12-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-08-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Drury College
ⓘ
Drury University ⓘ
linked to:
Drury College
|
| employer |
CBS
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ |
| endTime |
1975 (hosting Truth or Consequences)
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1981 (death of Dorothy Jo Gideon) ⓘ 2007 (hosting The Price Is Right) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sioux (by upbringing with the Sioux tribe) ⓘ |
| famousQuote | Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered. ⓘ |
| genre | television game shows ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Baptist (raised) ⓘ |
| hostOf |
The Price Is Right
ⓘ
Truth or Consequences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for animal rights
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closing line urging pet population control ⓘ longtime host of The Price Is Right ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| name | Robert William Barker ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Price Is Right
ⓘ
Truth or Consequences ⓘ |
| occupation |
game show host
ⓘ
radio personality ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Darrington, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| politicalView | supporter of animal rights legislation ⓘ |
| raisedIn |
Mission, South Dakota, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Mission, South Dakota
|
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothy Jo Gideon ⓘ |
| startTime |
1945 (marriage to Dorothy Jo Gideon)
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1956 (hosting Truth or Consequences) ⓘ 1972 (hosting The Price Is Right) ⓘ |
| workedWith | CBS Television City ⓘ |
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: Robert William Barker Description of subject: Robert William Barker, better known as Bob Barker, was a longtime American television game show host most famous for hosting "The Price Is Right."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.