Wayne Rigsby
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Wayne Rigsby is a fictional California Bureau of Investigation agent known for his easygoing demeanor, expertise in arson investigation, and romantic storyline with colleague Grace Van Pelt on the TV series "The Mentalist."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wayne Rigsby canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6628215 — 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: Wayne Rigsby Context triple: [The Mentalist, mainCharacter, Wayne Rigsby]
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A.
Jason West
Jason West is a video game designer and co-founder of Infinity Ward, best known for his work on the Call of Duty series.
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B.
Jake Hooker
Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
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C.
Captain Weaver
Captain Weaver is a hardened, pragmatic military leader who commands the 2nd Massachusetts resistance regiment in the post-apocalyptic sci‑fi TV series "Falling Skies."
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D.
Luke Hobbs
Luke Hobbs is a hulking, no-nonsense DSS agent and fan-favorite action hero from the Fast & Furious franchise known for his brute strength, loyalty, and deadpan humor.
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E.
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1950s Westerns and classic Hollywood productions.
- 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: Wayne Rigsby Target entity description: Wayne Rigsby is a fictional California Bureau of Investigation agent known for his easygoing demeanor, expertise in arson investigation, and romantic storyline with colleague Grace Van Pelt on the TV series "The Mentalist."
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A.
Jason West
Jason West is a video game designer and co-founder of Infinity Ward, best known for his work on the Call of Duty series.
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B.
Jake Hooker
Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
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C.
Captain Weaver
Captain Weaver is a hardened, pragmatic military leader who commands the 2nd Massachusetts resistance regiment in the post-apocalyptic sci‑fi TV series "Falling Skies."
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D.
Luke Hobbs
Luke Hobbs is a hulking, no-nonsense DSS agent and fan-favorite action hero from the Fast & Furious franchise known for his brute strength, loyalty, and deadpan humor.
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E.
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in 1950s Westerns and classic Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation | CBI ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Mentalist ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason |
The Mentalist season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
The Mentalist season 2 ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
The Mentalist season 3 ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
The Mentalist season 4 ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
The Mentalist season 5 ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
The Mentalist season 6 ⓘ
linked to:
The Mentalist
|
| characterType | supporting character ⓘ |
| colleague |
Grace Van Pelt
ⓘ
Kimball Cho ⓘ Patrick Jane ⓘ Teresa Lisbon ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Bruno Heller ⓘ |
| employer | California Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| familyName | Rigsby ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Mentalist universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Mentalist season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | Wayne ⓘ |
| hasChild | Benjamin Rigsby ⓘ |
| hasFather | Steve Rigsby ⓘ |
| hasSkill |
arson investigation
ⓘ
fire investigation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
easygoing demeanor
ⓘ
expertise in arson investigation ⓘ romantic relationship with Grace Van Pelt ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| laterEmployer | private security firm ⓘ |
| laterOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Grace Van Pelt ⓘ |
| memberOf |
CBI Serious Crimes unit
ⓘ
linked to:
CBI Serious Crimes Unit
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | California Bureau of Investigation agent ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
easygoing
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Owain Yeoman ⓘ |
| spouse | Grace Van Pelt ⓘ |
| workLocation | Sacramento ⓘ |
| worksWith | CBI Red John task force ⓘ |
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: Wayne Rigsby Description of subject: Wayne Rigsby is a fictional California Bureau of Investigation agent known for his easygoing demeanor, expertise in arson investigation, and romantic storyline with colleague Grace Van Pelt on the TV series "The Mentalist."
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.