Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost
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Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost is the scruffy, irreverent yet doggedly compassionate police detective at the center of the British crime drama series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13185464 — 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: Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost Context triple: [Sir David Jason, characterRole, Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost]
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A.
Detective Barry Frost
Detective Barry Frost is a fictional Boston Police detective and loyal partner to Jane Rizzoli on the crime drama television series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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B.
Detective Inspector Gaskill
Detective Inspector Gaskill is a police investigator character in the stage adaptation of "The Girl on the Train," responsible for probing the central mystery of the story.
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C.
Inspector Terrence English in Murder in the First
Inspector Terrence English is a driven and morally conflicted San Francisco homicide detective who serves as one of the central protagonists in the crime drama series "Murder in the First."
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D.
Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is the television portrayal of Ruth Rendell’s thoughtful, methodical Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, brought to life in a long-running British crime drama series.
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E.
Detective Jack Hoskins in The Outsider
Detective Jack Hoskins in *The Outsider* is a troubled, morally compromised police detective whose involvement in a gruesome murder case becomes increasingly entangled with the story’s supernatural evil.
- 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: Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost Target entity description: Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost is the scruffy, irreverent yet doggedly compassionate police detective at the center of the British crime drama series.
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A.
Detective Barry Frost
Detective Barry Frost is a fictional Boston Police detective and loyal partner to Jane Rizzoli on the crime drama television series "Rizzoli & Isles."
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B.
Detective Inspector Gaskill
Detective Inspector Gaskill is a police investigator character in the stage adaptation of "The Girl on the Train," responsible for probing the central mystery of the story.
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C.
Inspector Terrence English in Murder in the First
Inspector Terrence English is a driven and morally conflicted San Francisco homicide detective who serves as one of the central protagonists in the crime drama series "Murder in the First."
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D.
Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is the television portrayal of Ruth Rendell’s thoughtful, methodical Chief Inspector Reg Wexford, brought to life in a long-running British crime drama series.
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E.
Detective Jack Hoskins in The Outsider
Detective Jack Hoskins in *The Outsider* is a troubled, morally compromised police detective whose involvement in a gruesome murder case becomes increasingly entangled with the story’s supernatural evil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | Frost at Christmas (novel) ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Touch of Frost
ⓘ
R. D. Wingfield Frost novels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
A Touch of Frost (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Touch of Frost
R. D. Wingfield Frost novel series ⓘ
linked to:
Frost novels
|
| basedOn |
Jack Frost (novel character)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Frost
|
| broadcastOn | ITV ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
compassionate
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disorganised ⓘ dogged ⓘ irreverent ⓘ rule‑bending ⓘ scruffy ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | R. D. Wingfield ⓘ |
| employer |
Dentonside Division
ⓘ
fictional Denton Police ⓘ |
| fictionalRank | Detective Inspector ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | A Touch of Frost universe ⓘ |
| finalTVAppearanceYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
A Touch of Frost (TV series, 1992)
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linked to:
A Touch of Frost
|
| firstAppearanceInLiterature | Frost at Christmas ⓘ |
| fullName |
Detective Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost
ⓘ
linked to:
Detective Inspector Jack Frost
|
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasColleague |
Detective Sergeant George Toolan
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Detective Sergeant Hazel Wallace ⓘ Superintendent Norman Mullett ⓘ |
| homeMedium | television ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | widowed ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| networkOfTVSeries | ITV ⓘ |
| nickname | Jack ⓘ |
| notableFor |
disregard for paperwork
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strong empathy for victims ⓘ unorthodox investigative methods ⓘ |
| occupation |
Detective Inspector
ⓘ
police detective ⓘ |
| policeForce | fictional Denton CID ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
David Jason
ⓘ
linked to:
Sir David Jason
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| settingOfStories | fictional town of Denton ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Frost ⓘ |
| televisionDebutYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| theme | moral integrity versus bureaucracy ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Denton
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linked to:
Denton, Texas
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