Asner
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American actor
activist
animated film
fictional character
film actor
human
surname
television actor
television series
voice actor
Asner is the surname of American actor and activist Ed Asner, best known for his role as Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spin-off.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10344591 — 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: Asner Context triple: [Ed Asner, familyName, Asner]
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A.
Ottis
Ottis is a masculine given name most notably borne by former NFL running back Ottis Anderson.
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B.
Irwin
Irwin is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, historically associated with various notable figures in fields such as entertainment, science, and politics.
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C.
O'Steen
O'Steen is a surname most notably associated with American film editor Sam O'Steen, known for his work on several acclaimed Hollywood films.
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D.
Irvin
Irvin is a surname most prominently associated with former NFL wide receiver and sports commentator Michael Irvin.
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E.
Ainley
Ainley is an English surname most notably associated with actor Anthony Ainley, known for his role as the Master in the classic Doctor Who series.
- 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: Asner Target entity description: Asner is the surname of American actor and activist Ed Asner, best known for his role as Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spin-off.
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A.
Ottis
Ottis is a masculine given name most notably borne by former NFL running back Ottis Anderson.
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B.
Irwin
Irwin is a masculine given name and surname of English origin, historically associated with various notable figures in fields such as entertainment, science, and politics.
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C.
O'Steen
O'Steen is a surname most notably associated with American film editor Sam O'Steen, known for his work on several acclaimed Hollywood films.
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D.
Marlo
Marlo is a fictional character associated with Tully, likely appearing in a narrative centered on that figure.
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E.
Irvin
Irvin is a surname most prominently associated with former NFL wide receiver and sports commentator Michael Irvin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
activist ⓘ animated film ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ television actor ⓘ television series ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Lou Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ Up NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-08-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Asner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Eddie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Ed Asner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | role of Lou Grant ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lou Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
television producer ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kansas City, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
anti-war activism
ⓘ
labor rights advocacy ⓘ |
| portrayed | Lou Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the Screen Actors Guild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| spouse | Nancy Sykes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termInOfficeEnd | 1985 ⓘ |
| termInOfficeStart | 1981 ⓘ |
| voicedCharacter | Carl Fredricksen 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: Asner Description of subject: Asner is the surname of American actor and activist Ed Asner, best known for his role as Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spin-off.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.