Truth Be Told
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Truth Be Told is a crime drama television series that follows a true-crime podcaster, played by Octavia Spencer, as she reopens a controversial murder case that made her famous.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Truth Be Told canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4809219 — 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: Truth Be Told Context triple: [Octavia Spencer, notableWork, Truth Be Told]
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A.
Whole Truth
Whole Truth is a Christian gospel music group known for its spiritually focused songs and worship-centered recordings.
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B.
Telling the Truth
"Telling the Truth" is a book by Lynne Cheney that examines the importance of historical accuracy and integrity in American education and public discourse.
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C.
The Truth
The Truth is the famous nickname of former NBA star Paul Pierce, a Hall of Fame small forward best known for his long tenure and championship with the Boston Celtics.
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D.
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth is the official religious magazine of the Church of God in Christ, featuring doctrinal teachings, church news, and inspirational content for its members.
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E.
The Simple Truth
The Simple Truth is a legal thriller novel by David Baldacci that weaves together political intrigue, courtroom drama, and a decades-old murder case.
- 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: Truth Be Told Target entity description: Truth Be Told is a crime drama television series that follows a true-crime podcaster, played by Octavia Spencer, as she reopens a controversial murder case that made her famous.
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A.
Whole Truth
Whole Truth is a Christian gospel music group known for its spiritually focused songs and worship-centered recordings.
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B.
Telling the Truth
"Telling the Truth" is a book by Lynne Cheney that examines the importance of historical accuracy and integrity in American education and public discourse.
-
C.
The Truth
The Truth is the famous nickname of former NBA star Paul Pierce, a Hall of Fame small forward best known for his long tenure and championship with the Boston Celtics.
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D.
The Whole Truth
The Whole Truth is the official religious magazine of the Church of God in Christ, featuring doctrinal teachings, church news, and inspirational content for its members.
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E.
The Simple Truth
The Simple Truth is a legal thriller novel by David Baldacci that weaves together political intrigue, courtroom drama, and a decades-old murder case.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime drama television series
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television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Are You Sleeping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Kathleen Barber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| composer | John Paesano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Nichelle Tramble Spellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeRuntime | 40–50 minutes ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Brian Stelter
NERFINISHED
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Jenno Topping NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Neustadter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikkel Nørgaard NERFINISHED ⓘ Nichelle Tramble Spellman NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavia Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Chernin NERFINISHED ⓘ Reese Witherspoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasSeason |
Truth Be Told season 1
NERFINISHED
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Truth Be Told season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Truth Be Told season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Poppy Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | streaming television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 28 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation | true-crime podcaster ⓘ |
| openingThemeComposer | John Paesano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannel | Apple TV+ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Apple TV+ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 2023-03-24 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 2019-12-06 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Octavia Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Chernin Entertainment
NERFINISHED
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Hello Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| star |
Aaron Paul
NERFINISHED
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Annabella Sciorra NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabrielle Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Haneefah Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lizzy Caplan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mekhi Phifer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavia Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Cephas Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracie Thoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Truth Be Told Description of subject: Truth Be Told is a crime drama television series that follows a true-crime podcaster, played by Octavia Spencer, as she reopens a controversial murder case that made her famous.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.