Detective Roland West
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Detective Roland West is a brooding, morally conflicted Arkansas state investigator featured in the third season of the crime anthology series "True Detective."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Detective Roland West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6959856 — 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: Detective Roland West Context triple: [Stephen Dorff, portrayedRole, Detective Roland West]
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A.
Detective Roland Castlebeck
Detective Roland Castlebeck is a relentless LAPD investigator determined to bring down master car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines in the action film "Gone in 60 Seconds."
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B.
Detective Michael Hitchcock
Detective Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often clueless but oddly experienced detective from the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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C.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
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D.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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E.
Detective Bill Reimers
Detective Bill Reimers is a comedic police detective portrayed by Emilio Estevez in the 1987 buddy-cop film "Stakeout."
- 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: Detective Roland West Target entity description: Detective Roland West is a brooding, morally conflicted Arkansas state investigator featured in the third season of the crime anthology series "True Detective."
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A.
Detective Roland Castlebeck
Detective Roland Castlebeck is a relentless LAPD investigator determined to bring down master car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines in the action film "Gone in 60 Seconds."
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B.
Detective Michael Hitchcock
Detective Michael Hitchcock is a bumbling, often clueless but oddly experienced detective from the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
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C.
Detective James Carter
Detective James Carter is the fast-talking, wisecracking Los Angeles police detective portrayed by Chris Tucker in the Rush Hour action-comedy film series.
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D.
Detective Jack Graham
Detective Jack Graham is a supporting character in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 thriller "Shadow of a Doubt," serving as a government investigator who quietly probes the suspicions surrounding Uncle Charlie.
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E.
Detective Bill Reimers
Detective Bill Reimers is a comedic police detective portrayed by Emilio Estevez in the 1987 buddy-cop film "Stakeout."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | True Detective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason | True Detective season 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Nic Pizzolatto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Arkansas State Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | True Detective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Roland West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| givenName | Roland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartner | Detective Wayne Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRank | detective ⓘ |
| investigates | Purcell children disappearance case ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | conflicted ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | co-protagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in True Detective season 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Arkansas State Police detective
ⓘ
detective ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
brooding
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loyal ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ reserved ⓘ |
| policeDepartment | Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigations Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Stephen Dorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionAttribute | state investigator ⓘ |
| seriesType | anthology series ⓘ |
| setting |
Arkansas
NERFINISHED
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Ozarks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfWork | Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ loyalty ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1980
ⓘ
1990 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ |
| worksWith | Detective Wayne Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Detective Roland West Description of subject: Detective Roland West is a brooding, morally conflicted Arkansas state investigator featured in the third season of the crime anthology series "True Detective."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.