James "Sonny" Crockett
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James "Sonny" Crockett is the stylish undercover Miami detective and central protagonist of the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James "Sonny" Crockett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6296383 — 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: James "Sonny" Crockett Context triple: [Don Johnson, role, James "Sonny" Crockett]
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A.
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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B.
Lieutenant Theo Kojak
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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C.
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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D.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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E.
Officer Pete Malloy
Officer Pete Malloy is a fictional Los Angeles police officer and one of the two main protagonists in the classic TV series "Adam-12."
- 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: James "Sonny" Crockett Target entity description: James "Sonny" Crockett is the stylish undercover Miami detective and central protagonist of the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
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A.
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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B.
Lieutenant Theo Kojak
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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C.
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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D.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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E.
Officer Pete Malloy
Officer Pete Malloy is a fictional Los Angeles police officer and one of the two main protagonists in the classic TV series "Adam-12."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Miami Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
emotionally conflicted
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streetwise ⓘ stylish ⓘ tough ⓘ |
| child | Billy Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Anthony Yerkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
1980s fashion icon
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symbol of 1980s Miami crime drama aesthetics ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Dade Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Miami Vice universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Miami Vice, season 1, episode 1 "Brother's Keeper" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend | Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | James Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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police procedural ⓘ |
| hairStyle | stubble and feathered hair ⓘ |
| houseboatName | St. Vitus' Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
T-shirt and blazer look
ⓘ
driving a Ferrari ⓘ pastel suits ⓘ pet alligator Elvis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterWeapon | Smith & Wesson 645 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | Vietnam War veteran ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| nickname | Sonny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
police detective
ⓘ
undercover detective ⓘ |
| partner | Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Don Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | vice squad detective ⓘ |
| residence |
Miami
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
houseboat ⓘ |
| role |
central protagonist
ⓘ
main character ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| seriesStartYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| spouse | Caroline Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undercoverAlias | Sonny Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unit | Miami Vice unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicle |
Ferrari Daytona Spyder (replica)
NERFINISHED
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Ferrari Testarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponOfChoice | Bren Ten pistol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Miami 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: James "Sonny" Crockett Description of subject: James "Sonny" Crockett is the stylish undercover Miami detective and central protagonist of the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.