Henry McCord
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Henry McCord is a central fictional character in the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known as the supportive and morally grounded husband of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and a former military officer and ethics professor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry McCord canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2624798 — 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: Henry McCord Context triple: [Madame Secretary, character, Henry McCord]
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A.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Drinkard
William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
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C.
George E. Merrick
George E. Merrick was an American real estate developer and city planner best known for creating the planned community of Coral Gables, Florida.
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D.
Harold McCord
Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
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E.
Henry Davison
Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
- 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: Henry McCord Target entity description: Henry McCord is a central fictional character in the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known as the supportive and morally grounded husband of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and a former military officer and ethics professor.
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A.
Frederic McLaughlin
Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
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B.
William Drinkard
William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
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C.
George E. Merrick
George E. Merrick was an American real estate developer and city planner best known for creating the planned community of Coral Gables, Florida.
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D.
Harold McCord
Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
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E.
Henry Davison
Henry Davison was an American banker and humanitarian who played a key role in organizing international Red Cross relief efforts during and after World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Madam Secretary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. government (fictional covert operations)
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surface form:
U.S. government (fictional context)
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| characterRole | supportive husband ⓘ |
| characterTrait | morally grounded ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (fictional setting)
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surface form:
United States (fictional)
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| fictionalUniverse | Madam Secretary universe ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | political drama ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRole |
father
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husband ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType | marital relationship with Elizabeth McCord ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| militaryBackground |
United States military (fictional)
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surface form:
U.S. military (fictional)
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| narrativeFunction | moral compass in the McCord family ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting Elizabeth McCord in her role as U.S. Secretary of State ⓘ |
| occupation |
ethics professor
ⓘ
former military officer ⓘ |
| partOf | main ensemble cast of Madam Secretary ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
principled academic
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supportive partner ⓘ |
| relativeOf | Elizabeth McCord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth McCord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teachesSubject | ethics ⓘ |
| workLocation | university (fictional) ⓘ |
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: Henry McCord Description of subject: Henry McCord is a central fictional character in the political drama series "Madam Secretary," known as the supportive and morally grounded husband of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord and a former military officer and ethics professor.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.