Gillian Foster
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Gillian Foster is a central character in the TV series "Lie to Me," a psychologist and partner in the deception-detection firm Lightman Group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gillian Foster canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8628733 — 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: Gillian Foster Context triple: [Eli Loker, colleague, Gillian Foster]
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A.
Gillian Hanna
Gillian Hanna was a British actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, particularly in character roles.
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B.
Gail Buckley
Gail Buckley is an American author and historian known for her works on African American history and her family’s legacy, including being the daughter of singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.
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C.
Julie Ferguson
Julie Ferguson is the wife of the late American actor and comedian Charles Grodin.
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D.
Lesley Laird
Lesley Laird is a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament and has been involved in UK and Scottish politics, including holding frontbench roles in the Labour Party.
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E.
Gillian Siddall
Gillian Siddall is a Canadian academic and university administrator who serves as president of Lakehead University.
- 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: Gillian Foster Target entity description: Gillian Foster is a central character in the TV series "Lie to Me," a psychologist and partner in the deception-detection firm Lightman Group.
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A.
Gillian Hanna
Gillian Hanna was a British actress known for her work in film, television, and theatre, particularly in character roles.
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B.
Gail Buckley
Gail Buckley is an American author and historian known for her works on African American history and her family’s legacy, including being the daughter of singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.
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C.
Julie Ferguson
Julie Ferguson is the wife of the late American actor and comedian Charles Grodin.
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D.
Lesley Laird
Lesley Laird is a Scottish Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament and has been involved in UK and Scottish politics, including holding frontbench roles in the Labour Party.
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E.
Gillian Siddall
Gillian Siddall is a Canadian academic and university administrator who serves as president of Lakehead University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Lie to Me ⓘ |
| appearsInCountryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| appearsInGenre |
crime drama television series
ⓘ
police procedural television series ⓘ |
| coFounds | Lightman Group ⓘ |
| createdBy | Samuel Baum ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Lie to Me universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Lie to Me
|
| firstAppearanceWork |
Lie to Me season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Lie to Me
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Cal Lightman
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Cal Lightman
Eli Loker ⓘ Ria Torres ⓘ |
| hasRole |
co-owner of Lightman Group
ⓘ
vice president of Lightman Group ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization |
behavioral analysis
ⓘ
deception detection ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lightman Group ⓘ |
| occupation |
business partner
ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ |
| partnerOf |
Cal Lightman
ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Cal Lightman
|
| portrayedBy | Kelli Williams ⓘ |
| worksFor | Lightman Group ⓘ |
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: Gillian Foster Description of subject: Gillian Foster is a central character in the TV series "Lie to Me," a psychologist and partner in the deception-detection firm Lightman Group.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.