Tom Kirkman
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Tom Kirkman is the fictional U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who unexpectedly becomes President after a catastrophic attack in the political drama series "Designated Survivor."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tom Kirkman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9984114 — 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: Tom Kirkman Context triple: [Designated Survivor, character, Tom Kirkman]
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A.
Kirk McLean
Kirk McLean is a former Canadian NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Vancouver Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals with several iconic playoff performances.
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B.
Kirk Burrowes
Kirk Burrowes is a music industry executive and producer best known for his work in hip-hop and R&B, including contributions to projects like Da Brat’s album "Da Real World."
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C.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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D.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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E.
Kirk Stievely
Kirk Stievely is a British actor best known as the former husband of actress Victoria Tennant.
- 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: Tom Kirkman Target entity description: Tom Kirkman is the fictional U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who unexpectedly becomes President after a catastrophic attack in the political drama series "Designated Survivor."
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A.
Kirk McLean
Kirk McLean is a former Canadian NHL goaltender best known for backstopping the Vancouver Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals with several iconic playoff performances.
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B.
Kirk Burrowes
Kirk Burrowes is a music industry executive and producer best known for his work in hip-hop and R&B, including contributions to projects like Da Brat’s album "Da Real World."
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C.
Douglas Kirk
Douglas Kirk is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Kirk.
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D.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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E.
Kirk Stievely
Kirk Stievely is a British actor best known as the former husband of actress Victoria Tennant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Designated Survivor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cabinetMembership | United States Cabinet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Leo Kirkman
NERFINISHED
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Penny Kirkman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | David Guggenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designatedSurvivorStatus | was serving as designated survivor during the State of the Union ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Designated Survivor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Designated Survivor, Season 1 Episode 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Adam Kirkman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political drama
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thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterBroadcastOn | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaTypeOfWork | television series ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction |
forms new administration after attack
ⓘ
leads investigation into Capitol bombing ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
idealistic leader
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reluctant politician ⓘ |
| occupation |
President of the United States
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U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeAssumedAfterEvent | catastrophic attack on the U.S. Capitol ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | independent ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | independent, non-partisan president ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Kiefer Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the United States
NERFINISHED
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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAsPresidentInSeries | Robert Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork |
ABC Studios
NERFINISHED
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The Mark Gordon Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| profession | urban planner ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
ⓘ
White House ⓘ |
| setting |
United States federal government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| spouse | Alex Kirkman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
storyline about constitutional succession
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storyline about political reform ⓘ storyline about terrorism ⓘ |
| successorAsPresidentInSeries | Cornelius Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom Kirkman Description of subject: Tom Kirkman is the fictional U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who unexpectedly becomes President after a catastrophic attack in the political drama series "Designated Survivor."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.