Cold Case Unit
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Cold Case Unit is a fictional specialist police team dedicated to investigating long-unsolved crimes in the British television drama "Waking the Dead."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cold Case Unit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11036751 — 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: Cold Case Unit Context triple: [Waking the Dead, featuresOrganization, Cold Case Unit]
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A.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized division of the Los Angeles Police Department responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within the city.
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B.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized division of the Detroit Police Department responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within the city.
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C.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized investigative division of York Regional Police responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within its jurisdiction.
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D.
Crime Scene Unit
The Crime Scene Unit is a specialized forensic division that processes and analyzes physical evidence from crime scenes to support criminal investigations.
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E.
Major Crimes Unit
The Major Crimes Unit is a specialized Baltimore Police Department squad in the television series "The Wire" that focuses on long-term investigations into major drug organizations and criminal enterprises.
- 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: Cold Case Unit Target entity description: Cold Case Unit is a fictional specialist police team dedicated to investigating long-unsolved crimes in the British television drama "Waking the Dead."
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A.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized division of the Los Angeles Police Department responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within the city.
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B.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized division of the Detroit Police Department responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within the city.
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C.
Homicide Unit
The Homicide Unit is a specialized investigative division of York Regional Police responsible for investigating murders and suspicious deaths within its jurisdiction.
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D.
Crime Scene Unit
The Crime Scene Unit is a specialized forensic division that processes and analyzes physical evidence from crime scenes to support criminal investigations.
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E.
Major Crimes Unit
The Major Crimes Unit is a specialized Baltimore Police Department squad in the television series "The Wire" that focuses on long-term investigations into major drug organizations and criminal enterprises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional organization
ⓘ
fictional police unit ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Waking the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Eve Lockhart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grace Foley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | London (fictional setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation | United Kingdom (fictional setting) ⓘ |
| createdFor | BBC television series Waking the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Waking the Dead series 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Peter Boyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Amelia Silver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danielle Wirth NERFINISHED ⓘ Eve Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Wharton NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Foley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kat Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boyd NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Cavendish NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Stella Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ unit pathologist (various) ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
detective inspector
ⓘ
detective sergeant ⓘ detective superintendent ⓘ forensic pathologist ⓘ forensic psychologist ⓘ forensic scientist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ethical dilemmas in policing
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justice for victims ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ |
| investigates |
cold cases
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historic violent crime ⓘ unsolved homicides ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to connect past crimes with present consequences
ⓘ
to explore psychological impact of crime ⓘ to reopen long-unsolved cases ⓘ |
| partOf | Metropolitan Police Service (fictional) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary United Kingdom ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
cold case investigations
ⓘ
historic crimes ⓘ unsolved murders ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
forensic science
ⓘ
modern investigative techniques ⓘ psychological profiling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cold Case Unit Description of subject: Cold Case Unit is a fictional specialist police team dedicated to investigating long-unsolved crimes in the British television drama "Waking the Dead."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.