Captain David Aceveda
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Captain David Aceveda is a central character on the television series "The Shield," portrayed as an ambitious and politically driven LAPD commander.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain David Aceveda canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13479359 — 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)
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Target entity: Captain David Aceveda Context triple: [Benito Martinez, notableRole, Captain David Aceveda]
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A.
Lieutenant Martin Castillo
Lieutenant Martin Castillo is a stoic, enigmatic police lieutenant and the taciturn superior of Crockett and Tubbs in the television series "Miami Vice."
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez
Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez is an Argentine Army officer best known for commanding Argentine forces during the Battle of Mount Longdon in the Falklands War.
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C.
Captain David Perry
Captain David Perry was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading federal troops in the 1877 Battle of White Bird Canyon during the Nez Perce War.
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D.
Captain Armando Salazar
Captain Armando Salazar is the undead Spanish naval commander and vengeful ghostly antagonist who relentlessly hunts pirates, especially Jack Sparrow, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
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E.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
- 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: Captain David Aceveda Target entity description: Captain David Aceveda is a central character on the television series "The Shield," portrayed as an ambitious and politically driven LAPD commander.
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A.
Lieutenant Martin Castillo
Lieutenant Martin Castillo is a stoic, enigmatic police lieutenant and the taciturn superior of Crockett and Tubbs in the television series "Miami Vice."
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B.
Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez
Lieutenant Colonel Omar Giménez is an Argentine Army officer best known for commanding Argentine forces during the Battle of Mount Longdon in the Falklands War.
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C.
Captain David Perry
Captain David Perry was a U.S. Army officer best known for leading federal troops in the 1877 Battle of White Bird Canyon during the Nez Perce War.
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D.
Captain Armando Salazar
Captain Armando Salazar is the undead Spanish naval commander and vengeful ghostly antagonist who relentlessly hunts pirates, especially Jack Sparrow, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
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E.
Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| alignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| antagonisticTo | Detective Vic Mackey ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shield ⓘ |
| basedIn | Farmington Division ("The Barn") ⓘ |
| conflict | struggles between political ambition and ethical policing ⓘ |
| createdBy | Shawn Ryan ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Latino ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Shield ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Shield, Season 1 Episode 1 "Pilot"
ⓘ
linked to:
Pilot episode of The Shield
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| goal | to use his police career as a springboard into politics ⓘ |
| hasChild | Sofia Aceveda ⓘ |
| hasRank | Captain ⓘ |
| homeNetworkCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| laterRank |
Councilman
ⓘ
State Assemblyman ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| memberOf | Los Angeles Police Department (fictional depiction) ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| network | FX ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
ambitious
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career-oriented ⓘ image-conscious ⓘ politically driven ⓘ |
| notableRelationship |
political alliances within Los Angeles city government
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professional rivalry with Vic Mackey ⓘ |
| occupation |
LAPD captain
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Benito Martinez ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
California state assemblyman
ⓘ
Los Angeles city councilman ⓘ captain of the LAPD’s Farmington Division ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| spouse | Aurora Aceveda ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Captain David Aceveda Description of subject: Captain David Aceveda is a central character on the television series "The Shield," portrayed as an ambitious and politically driven LAPD commander.
Referenced by (4)
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