Michael Britten
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Michael Britten is the protagonist of the television series "Awake," a police detective who simultaneously experiences two alternate realities following a car accident.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Britten canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6028960 — 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: Michael Britten Context triple: [Jason Isaacs, characterPortrayed, Michael Britten]
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A.
Tony Britten
Tony Britten is a British composer best known for adapting and arranging the iconic UEFA Champions League anthem.
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B.
Cyril Holland
Cyril Holland was the elder son of Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who later served as a British Army officer under the name Cyril Holland.
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C.
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams was a Welsh dramatist and actor best known for his plays such as "Night Must Fall" and "The Corn Is Green."
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D.
Rodney Porter
Rodney Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for elucidating the chemical structure of antibodies, which profoundly advanced the field of immunology.
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E.
Huw Bennett
Huw Bennett is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a hooker, most notably for the Ospreys and the Wales national team.
- 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: Michael Britten Target entity description: Michael Britten is the protagonist of the television series "Awake," a police detective who simultaneously experiences two alternate realities following a car accident.
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A.
Tony Britten
Tony Britten is a British composer best known for adapting and arranging the iconic UEFA Champions League anthem.
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B.
Cyril Holland
Cyril Holland was the elder son of Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde, who later served as a British Army officer under the name Cyril Holland.
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C.
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams was a Welsh dramatist and actor best known for his plays such as "Night Must Fall" and "The Corn Is Green."
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D.
Rodney Porter
Rodney Porter was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate best known for elucidating the chemical structure of antibodies, which profoundly advanced the field of immunology.
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E.
Huw Bennett
Huw Bennett is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a hooker, most notably for the Ospreys and the Wales national team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsInEpisodeCount | 13 ⓘ |
| carAccidentInvolves | family ⓘ |
| causeOfCondition | car accident ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfStory |
grief
ⓘ
reality versus perception ⓘ |
| child | Rex Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Kyle Killen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerInGreenReality | LAPD Central precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employerInRedReality | LAPD Westside precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences | two alternate realities ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Awake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
fantasy drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasReality |
Green reality
ⓘ
Red reality ⓘ |
| hasTherapistInGreenReality | Dr. Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTherapistInRedReality | Dr. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inGreenReality |
Hannah Britten is dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rex Britten is alive ⓘ |
| inRedReality |
Hannah Britten is alive
ⓘ
Rex Britten is dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigates | criminal cases in both realities ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | dual timelines ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| partnerInGreenReality | Isaac "Bird" Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partnerInRedReality | Efrem Vega NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jason Isaacs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Awake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
insomnia
ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ |
| usesInformationAcrossRealities | to solve cases ⓘ |
| wears |
green wristband in Green reality
ⓘ
red wristband in Red reality ⓘ |
| worksFor | Los Angeles Police Department 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: Michael Britten Description of subject: Michael Britten is the protagonist of the television series "Awake," a police detective who simultaneously experiences two alternate realities following a car accident.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.