Cold Squad
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Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series centered on a team of detectives who investigate unsolved homicide cases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cold Squad canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9820214 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Squad Context triple: [Stephen McHattie, appearedIn, Cold Squad]
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A.
Black Squad
Black Squad is one of the recurring competitive improv and comedy teams featured on the MTV/VH1 sketch-comedy series "Wild 'N Out."
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B.
Felony Squad
Felony Squad is a 1960s American television crime drama series centered on a tough detective squad tackling major felonies.
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C.
Robbery Squad
The Robbery Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department detective unit focused on investigating and solving robbery-related crimes.
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D.
Live Squad
Live Squad was a hip-hop production and rap group known for its gritty, hardcore sound and collaborations with early 1990s East Coast and West Coast artists.
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E.
Homicide Squad
The Homicide Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department unit dedicated to investigating and solving murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Squad Target entity description: Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series centered on a team of detectives who investigate unsolved homicide cases.
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A.
Black Squad
Black Squad is one of the recurring competitive improv and comedy teams featured on the MTV/VH1 sketch-comedy series "Wild 'N Out."
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B.
Felony Squad
Felony Squad is a 1960s American television crime drama series centered on a tough detective squad tackling major felonies.
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C.
Robbery Squad
The Robbery Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department detective unit focused on investigating and solving robbery-related crimes.
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D.
Live Squad
Live Squad was a hip-hop production and rap group known for its gritty, hardcore sound and collaborations with early 1990s East Coast and West Coast artists.
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E.
Homicide Squad
The Homicide Squad is a specialized New York City Police Department unit dedicated to investigating and solving murder cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | CTV Television Network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfSetting | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
Julia Keatley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matt MacLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Keatley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Alliance Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Vancouver ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1998 ⓘ |
| focusesOn | cold case homicide investigations ⓘ |
| followedBy | inspired similar cold case procedural series ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
mystery television series ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveUnit | Vancouver Police Department cold case squad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | one-hour episodes ⓘ |
| hasTheme | investigation of unsolved murders ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2005 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sergeant Ali McCormick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first TV series focused on cold case squads ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 98 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 7 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | Cold Squad on CTV in Canada ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Julie Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Keatley MacLeod Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernard Cuffling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Garwin Sanford NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Wasserman NERFINISHED ⓘ Joely Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Joy Tanner NERFINISHED ⓘ Joyce Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mig Macario NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Boretski NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen McHattie NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamara Craig Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cold Squad Description of subject: Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series centered on a team of detectives who investigate unsolved homicide cases.
Referenced by (2)
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