// Entity hypothesis — guess candidate Indian actors first, then verify against question constraints
French Wikipedia is the key data source for finding European actors' full birth names
Director-Film-Actor triangulation — locate the target actor through the director's other works
Two-phase search — first find the actor's stage name, then specifically search for their full birth name
Always add Bollywood/Hindi film/Indian actor keywords when searching for Indian actors
Track Indian actors through family chains — grandfather/father/spouse relationships are key indirect clues
Track from one entity to a related entity through multi-step searches — author to article to mentioned person/place
| name | actor_indian_hypothesis |
| description | Entity hypothesis — guess candidate Indian actors first, then verify against question constraints |
| always | true |
When the question describes an Indian/Bollywood actor through indirect clues (awards, controversies, family ties, film records) and you can form a candidate guess early.
Clues in Indian actor questions typically point to well-known Bollywood figures. Hypothesize 1-3 candidate names based on the clue pattern, then verify each against every constraint.
Once a candidate name appears in search results, immediately switch to targeted verification: search "[actor name] [specific constraint]" for each condition.
[distinctive event description] actor Bollywood Hindi film[actor name] [specific constraint condition] (verification)[actor name] [award name] [year] (award verification)Question mentions: never married, US university degree (1800s-founded), debut film in Guinness Records, 2006 flight controversy.
"actor misbehavior flight controversy 2006" — narrowed candidates"Ameesha Patel flight controversy 2006 misbehavior" — confirmedQuestion mentions: born before 1951, youngest of three brothers, first married 1969.
"youngest of three" married 1969 actor director born 1940s"Naseeruddin Shah born youngest siblings married 1969" — confirmedEndless broad searching without forming a hypothesis: If clues strongly suggest a well-known figure, continuing generic searches wastes steps. Form a candidate guess and verify directly.