James McNulty
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James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James McNulty canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8440868 — 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 McNulty Context triple: [Jimmy McNulty, fullName, James McNulty]
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A.
Matthew McNulty
Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
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B.
Tony McNulty
Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
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C.
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Shakespearean adaptations.
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D.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
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E.
Richard Mullen
Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
- 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 McNulty Target entity description: James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
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A.
Matthew McNulty
Matthew McNulty is a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in series like "Misfits," "The Mill," and "Versailles."
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B.
Tony McNulty
Tony McNulty is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles including Minister of State for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing.
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C.
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including prominent roles in Shakespearean adaptations.
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D.
Joe Dougherty
Joe Dougherty was an American voice actor best known for originating the voice of the Warner Bros. cartoon character Porky Pig in the 1930s.
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E.
Richard Mullen
Richard Mullen is an American record producer and engineer best known for his work on Stevie Ray Vaughan’s landmark blues-rock albums, including "Texas Flood."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jimmy McNulty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
alcoholic
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intelligent ⓘ obsessive ⓘ rebellious ⓘ rule-bending ⓘ womanizer ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | David Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| department |
Homicide Unit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marine Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Baltimore Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McNulty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | Irish-American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Wire, Season 1 Episode 1 ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Elena McNulty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasAdversary |
Ervin Burrell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Michael McNulty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sean McNulty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Kima Greggs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lester Freamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Bunk Moreland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperior |
Cedric Daniels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conflicts with police hierarchy
ⓘ
investigating the Barksdale Organization ⓘ |
| notableStoryArc |
fake serial killer scheme
ⓘ
obsession with catching Stringer Bell ⓘ wiretap investigation of Avon Barksdale ⓘ |
| occupation |
homicide detective
ⓘ
police detective ⓘ |
| originalAirEndYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| originalAirStartYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dominic West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | Detective ⓘ |
| seriesGenre | crime drama ⓘ |
| seriesSetting | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Baltimore 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 McNulty Description of subject: James McNulty is the full name of Jimmy McNulty, the fictional, rule-bending Baltimore homicide detective from the television series "The Wire."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.