Valerie
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"Valerie" is a 1986–1991 American sitcom (later retitled "The Hogan Family") that originally starred Valerie Harper as the matriarch of a suburban family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Valerie canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11625509 — 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: Valerie Context triple: [Edie McClurg, notableWork, Valerie]
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A.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, loosely inspired by the Rashomon-style multiple-perspective narrative.
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B.
Valerie
Valerie is a sharp-tongued, quick-witted character in "The Princess Bride," known for helping her husband Miracle Max revive the hero Westley.
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C.
Valerie
Valerie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with strength and valor.
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D.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a song by the artist Rumble Doll.
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E.
Valerie
Valerie is a supporting character in the gritty British drama film "Nil by Mouth," which portrays a troubled South London family struggling with addiction and domestic violence.
- 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: Valerie Target entity description: "Valerie" is a 1986–1991 American sitcom (later retitled "The Hogan Family") that originally starred Valerie Harper as the matriarch of a suburban family.
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A.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden, loosely inspired by the Rashomon-style multiple-perspective narrative.
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B.
Valerie
Valerie is a sharp-tongued, quick-witted character in "The Princess Bride," known for helping her husband Miracle Max revive the hero Westley.
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C.
Valerie
Valerie is a feminine given name of Latin origin, commonly associated with strength and valor.
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D.
Valerie
"Valerie" is a song by the artist Rumble Doll.
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E.
Valerie
Valerie is a supporting character in the gritty British drama film "Nil by Mouth," which portrays a troubled South London family struggling with addiction and domestic violence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television sitcom
ⓘ
television series ⓘ |
| airedDuringDecade |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Hogan Family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valerie’s Family ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | 30-minute episodes ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Charlie Hauck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Lorimar Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lorimar-Telepictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Miller-Boyett Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1986-03-01 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Hogan Family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme | family life ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Valerie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Valerie Harper as Valerie Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David Hogan
NERFINISHED
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Mark Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
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surface form:
NTSC
|
| productionCompany |
Lorimar Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lorimar-Telepictures NERFINISHED ⓘ Miller-Boyett Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | suburban Chicago ⓘ |
| starring |
Danny Ponce
NERFINISHED
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Edie McClurg NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Bateman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Licht NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandy Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ Valerie Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1986 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| typicalRuntimeMinutes | 22 ⓘ |
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: Valerie Description of subject: "Valerie" is a 1986–1991 American sitcom (later retitled "The Hogan Family") that originally starred Valerie Harper as the matriarch of a suburban family.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.