Spenser: For Hire
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Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama television series based on Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels, starring Robert Urich as the titular Boston private investigator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spenser: For Hire canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8439505 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Spenser: For Hire Context triple: [Robert Urich, notableWork, Spenser: For Hire]
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A.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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B.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
Heroes for Hire
Heroes for Hire is a Marvel Comics superhero team that operates as a for-profit crime-fighting and protection agency, often featuring street-level heroes like Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
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D.
The Undercover Man
The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
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E.
The Enforcer
The Enforcer is a 1976 American crime thriller film in the Dirty Harry series, starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan.
- 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: Spenser: For Hire Target entity description: Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama television series based on Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels, starring Robert Urich as the titular Boston private investigator.
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A.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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B.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
Heroes for Hire
Heroes for Hire is a Marvel Comics superhero team that operates as a for-profit crime-fighting and protection agency, often featuring street-level heroes like Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
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D.
The Undercover Man
The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
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E.
The Enforcer
The Enforcer is a 1976 American crime thriller film in the Dirty Harry series, starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Mono ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Spenser novels
ⓘ
works by Robert B. Parker ⓘ |
| character |
Hawk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lieutenant Martin Quirk NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Silverman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Steve Dorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | John Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | John Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | John Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1985 ⓘ |
| firstAiredOnChannel | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | A Man Called Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionFilm |
Spenser: A Savage Place
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spenser: Ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser: The Judas Goat NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser: The Promised Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Spenser: Walking Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1988 ⓘ |
| mainCharacterName | Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 66 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Spenser: For Hire theme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalRunEndYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | Color ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalLocation | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Avery Brooks
NERFINISHED
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Barbara Stock NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Urich NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron McLarty 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: Spenser: For Hire Description of subject: Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama television series based on Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels, starring Robert Urich as the titular Boston private investigator.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.