Murphy's Law
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Murphy's Law is a British television crime drama series starring Mark Womack as a maverick undercover detective.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Murphy's Law canonical | 4 |
| Murphy’s Law | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10467930 — 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: Murphy's Law Context triple: [Mark Womack, notableWork, Murphy's Law]
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A.
Murphy's Law
"Murphy's Law" is the debut studio album by American rapper Murphy Lee, showcasing his St. Louis hip hop style and featuring collaborations with prominent artists from the St. Lunatics and beyond.
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B.
Murphy’s law
Murphy’s law is the adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, often cited to express the inevitability of errors or misfortune.
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C.
Cunningham's Law
Cunningham's Law is an internet adage stating that the best way to get the right answer online is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer.
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D.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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E.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
- 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: Murphy's Law Target entity description: Murphy's Law is a British television crime drama series starring Mark Womack as a maverick undercover detective.
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A.
Murphy's Law
"Murphy's Law" is the debut studio album by American rapper Murphy Lee, showcasing his St. Louis hip hop style and featuring collaborations with prominent artists from the St. Lunatics and beyond.
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B.
Murphy’s law
Murphy’s law is the adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, often cited to express the inevitability of errors or misfortune.
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C.
Cunningham's Law
Cunningham's Law is an internet adage stating that the best way to get the right answer online is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer.
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D.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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E.
Kluge's law
Kluge's law is a proposed sound law in Proto-Germanic historical linguistics that explains the development of certain geminate consonants from earlier consonant clusters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Murphy’s Law novels by Colin Bateman ⓘ |
| broadcastFrequency | episodic series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC One in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| characterRole | Mark Womack as Tommy Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Colin Bateman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
moral ambiguity in policing
ⓘ
organised crime ⓘ personal trauma of the protagonist ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2001 ⓘ |
| follows | undercover police investigations ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasBroadcastFormat | standard-definition television ⓘ |
| hasDirector | various directors ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeLength | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | contemporary United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | serialised story arcs ⓘ |
| hasMedium | television ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle | gritty realism ⓘ |
| hasOpeningCredits | Murphy's Law title sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalRun | 2001–2007 ⓘ |
| hasPilot | Murphy's Law (2001 pilot episode) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScreenwriter | Colin Bateman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | undercover cop drama ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| hasTheme | undercover infiltration of criminal organisations ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2007 ⓘ |
| leadActorNationality | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacterBackground | Irish police officer ⓘ |
| leadCharacterTrait | maverick ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tommy Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 23 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastAs | feature-length pilot followed by series ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Tiger Aspect Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEmployer | Metropolitan Police Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | undercover detective ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| starring | Mark Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Murphy's Law Description of subject: Murphy's Law is a British television crime drama series starring Mark Womack as a maverick undercover detective.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Murphy’s Law
this entity surface form:
Murphy’s Law