Robert "Bobby" Shatford
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Robert "Bobby" Shatford was a fisherman best known as one of the crew members who perished aboard the ill-fated swordfishing vessel Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert "Bobby" Shatford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7832530 — 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)
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Target entity: Robert "Bobby" Shatford Context triple: [Andrea Gail, crewMember, Robert "Bobby" Shatford]
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A.
Bobby Hart
Bobby Hart is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the prolific pop duo Boyce and Hart, who wrote and produced numerous hits for The Monkees and other 1960s acts.
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B.
Bobby Bowman
Bobby Bowman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the comedy series "My Name Is Earl."
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C.
Bobby Reed
Bobby Reed was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
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D.
Thomas Shrimpton
Thomas Shrimpton is a cryptographer known for his research in theoretical and applied cryptography, including work on encryption schemes and security definitions.
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E.
Bobby Walden
Bobby Walden was an American professional football punter best known for his successful NFL career, particularly with the Pittsburgh Steelers during their 1970s championship era.
- 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 "Bobby" Shatford Target entity description: Robert "Bobby" Shatford was a fisherman best known as one of the crew members who perished aboard the ill-fated swordfishing vessel Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm."
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A.
Bobby Hart
Bobby Hart is an American songwriter and producer best known as half of the prolific pop duo Boyce and Hart, who wrote and produced numerous hits for The Monkees and other 1960s acts.
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B.
Bobby Bowman
Bobby Bowman is a television writer and producer best known for his work on the comedy series "My Name Is Earl."
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C.
Bobby Reed
Bobby Reed was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
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D.
Thomas Shrimpton
Thomas Shrimpton is a cryptographer known for his research in theoretical and applied cryptography, including work on encryption schemes and security definitions.
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E.
Bobby Walden
Bobby Walden was an American professional football punter best known for his successful NFL career, particularly with the Pittsburgh Steelers during their 1970s championship era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fisherman
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| basedIn | Gloucester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | shipwreck during the 1991 Perfect Storm ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewMemberOf | Andrea Gail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-10-28 ⓘ |
| employer | Andrea Gail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalizationOf | Bobby Shatford character in The Perfect Storm (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | commercial fishing ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Ethel Shatford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | fishing industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a crew member of the swordfishing vessel Andrea Gail
ⓘ
perishing in the 1991 Perfect Storm ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mother | Ethel Shatford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | loss of Andrea Gail in 1991 ⓘ |
| occupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1991 Perfect Storm
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
swordfishing voyage of Andrea Gail in 1991 ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Mark Wahlberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
The Perfect Storm (book)
NERFINISHED
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The Perfect Storm (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Gloucester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vesselServedOn | Andrea Gail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 "Bobby" Shatford Description of subject: Robert "Bobby" Shatford was a fisherman best known as one of the crew members who perished aboard the ill-fated swordfishing vessel Andrea Gail during the 1991 "Perfect Storm."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.