Robert Peterson
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Robert Peterson is the central father figure and protagonist of the 1990s American sitcom "The Parent 'Hood," around whom the show's family-centered stories revolve.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Peterson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10553638 — 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: Robert Peterson Context triple: [The Parent 'Hood, hasMainCharacter, Robert Peterson]
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A.
Douglas Peterson
Douglas Peterson is a former U.S. Air Force pilot who was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam before later serving as the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam after the war.
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B.
Douglas Peters
Douglas Peters was a Canadian economist, banker, and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions in the 1990s.
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C.
Norm Peterson
Norm Peterson is a lovable, wisecracking bar regular from the sitcom "Cheers," known for his perpetual presence on a barstool and his humorous one-liners.
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D.
Don Peters
Don Peters is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the unfolding crisis when women worldwide fall into a mysterious sleep.
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E.
Barry Peterson
Barry Peterson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and action films, including the 2015 movie "Vacation."
- 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 Peterson Target entity description: Robert Peterson is the central father figure and protagonist of the 1990s American sitcom "The Parent 'Hood," around whom the show's family-centered stories revolve.
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A.
Douglas Peterson
Douglas Peterson is a former U.S. Air Force pilot who was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam before later serving as the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam after the war.
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B.
Douglas Peters
Douglas Peters was a Canadian economist, banker, and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions in the 1990s.
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C.
Norm Peterson
Norm Peterson is a lovable, wisecracking bar regular from the sitcom "Cheers," known for his perpetual presence on a barstool and his humorous one-liners.
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D.
Don Peters
Don Peters is a character in Stephen King and Owen King's novel "Sleeping Beauties," involved in the unfolding crisis when women worldwide fall into a mysterious sleep.
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E.
Barry Peterson
Barry Peterson is a Canadian cinematographer known for his work on major studio comedies and action films, including the 2015 movie "Vacation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| ageGroup | middle-aged adult ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Parent 'Hood ⓘ |
| characterType | sitcom dad ⓘ |
| child |
Cece Peterson
ⓘ
Michael Peterson ⓘ Nicholas Peterson ⓘ Zaria Peterson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creatorAssociation | character created for The Parent 'Hood ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Peterson ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Parent 'Hood universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Parent 'Hood
|
| firstAppearance | The Parent 'Hood season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| focusOf | parenting challenges narrative arcs ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Peterson ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
family comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| householdRole | head of household ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | central father figure ⓘ |
| networkDebut | The WB ⓘ |
| occupation |
college professor
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| originalAirDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | The WB ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
caring
ⓘ
humorous ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Robert Townsend ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | protagonist ⓘ |
| primarySetting | New York City ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
family life
ⓘ
parenting ⓘ |
| residence | Peterson family home in New York City ⓘ |
| role |
father
ⓘ
husband ⓘ |
| seriesTitle | The Parent 'Hood ⓘ |
| spouse | Jerri Peterson ⓘ |
| storyFunction | drives family-centered plots ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
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 Peterson Description of subject: Robert Peterson is the central father figure and protagonist of the 1990s American sitcom "The Parent 'Hood," around whom the show's family-centered stories revolve.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jerri Peterson – Suzzanne Douglas