Lieutenant Theo Kojak
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Lieutenant Theo Kojak is a tough, lollipop-licking New York City police detective from the 1970s television series "Kojak," known for his bald head, sharp wit, and unorthodox methods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant Theo Kojak canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5303826 — 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: Lieutenant Theo Kojak Context triple: [Kojak, hasFictionalDetective, Lieutenant Theo Kojak]
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A.
David Starsky
David Starsky is a fictional, streetwise and energetic undercover detective from the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch," known for his close partnership with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and their iconic red Ford Gran Torino.
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B.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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C.
Detective Keith Frazier
Detective Keith Frazier is the determined NYPD hostage negotiator portrayed by Denzel Washington in the heist thriller film "Inside Man."
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D.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
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E.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
- 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: Lieutenant Theo Kojak Target entity description: Lieutenant Theo Kojak is a tough, lollipop-licking New York City police detective from the 1970s television series "Kojak," known for his bald head, sharp wit, and unorthodox methods.
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A.
David Starsky
David Starsky is a fictional, streetwise and energetic undercover detective from the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch," known for his close partnership with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and their iconic red Ford Gran Torino.
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B.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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C.
Detective Keith Frazier
Detective Keith Frazier is the determined NYPD hostage negotiator portrayed by Denzel Washington in the heist thriller film "Inside Man."
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D.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
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E.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alignment | law-and-order oriented ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Kojak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeriesEndYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| appearsInSeriesStartYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | 11th Precinct detective squad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Manhattan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| catchphrase | Who loves ya, baby? ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
ⓘ
cynical ⓘ streetwise ⓘ tough ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Abby Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic 1970s TV detective ⓘ |
| employer | New York City Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | Greek-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Kojak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Marcus-Nelson Murders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInMedium | television film ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | Theo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairStyle | bald ⓘ |
| hasSpinOffOrRevival | Kojak (2005 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredMerchandise | lollipops and novelty items ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bending rules to solve cases
ⓘ
sarcastic humor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementType | homicide detective ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalSeries | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
bald head
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lollipop ⓘ sharp wit ⓘ unorthodox methods ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Telly Savalas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousHabit | cigarette smoking ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| replacedHabitWith | lollipop eating ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| uses | lollipops as a trademark prop ⓘ |
| workLocation | 11th Precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Lieutenant Theo Kojak Description of subject: Lieutenant Theo Kojak is a tough, lollipop-licking New York City police detective from the 1970s television series "Kojak," known for his bald head, sharp wit, and unorthodox methods.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.