Dave Madden
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Dave Madden was a Canadian-born American actor and comedian best known for playing the band manager Reuben Kincaid on the 1970s television sitcom "The Partridge Family."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Madden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10286356 — 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: Dave Madden Context triple: [The Partridge Family, starring, Dave Madden]
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A.
Christopher Murney
Christopher Murney is an American character actor and voice actor known for his work in film, television, and animation, including a prominent role on the series "Remember WENN."
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B.
Dan Fagan
Dan Fagan is a notable individual recognized for achievements associated with the surname Fagan.
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C.
Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
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D.
Kevin O'Connell
Kevin O'Connell is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback who serves as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
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E.
Tim Mullen
Tim Mullen is a notable individual whose name is associated with the surname Mullen, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not clearly established from the given information.
- 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: Dave Madden Target entity description: Dave Madden was a Canadian-born American actor and comedian best known for playing the band manager Reuben Kincaid on the 1970s television sitcom "The Partridge Family."
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A.
Christopher Murney
Christopher Murney is an American character actor and voice actor known for his work in film, television, and animation, including a prominent role on the series "Remember WENN."
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B.
Dan Fagan
Dan Fagan is a notable individual recognized for achievements associated with the surname Fagan.
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C.
Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
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D.
Kevin O'Connell
Kevin O'Connell is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback who serves as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
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E.
Tim Mullen
Tim Mullen is a notable individual whose name is associated with the surname Mullen, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not clearly established from the given information.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian-born American
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comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Partridge Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | David Joseph Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
congestive heart failure
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myelodysplastic syndrome ⓘ |
| characterIn | Reuben Kincaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-12-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-01-16 ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing band manager Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Dave Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian-American ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Partridge Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Florida, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Nena Arnold Madden
NERFINISHED
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Sandra Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole | Reuben Kincaid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–2000s ⓘ |
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: Dave Madden Description of subject: Dave Madden was a Canadian-born American actor and comedian best known for playing the band manager Reuben Kincaid on the 1970s television sitcom "The Partridge Family."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Partridge Family