Scotty Valens
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Scotty Valens is a fictional Philadelphia homicide detective and key member of the cold case squad on the television series "Cold Case."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scotty Valens canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14691097 — 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: Scotty Valens Context triple: [Cold Case, mainCharacter, Scotty Valens]
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A.
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was a pioneering Mexican-American rock and roll musician whose 1950s hits like "La Bamba" helped shape Chicano rock and influence later Latin-infused rock bands.
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B.
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran was an influential American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the 1950s, best known for hits like "Summertime Blues" and his pioneering role in early rockabilly music.
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C.
Don Ellis
Don Ellis was an innovative American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer known for his pioneering use of unusual time signatures and experimental big band arrangements.
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D.
Bobby Fuller
Bobby Fuller was an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader best known for his 1966 hit "I Fought the Law."
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E.
Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent was an influential American rock and roll and rockabilly singer and guitarist best known for his 1956 hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula."
- 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: Scotty Valens Target entity description: Scotty Valens is a fictional Philadelphia homicide detective and key member of the cold case squad on the television series "Cold Case."
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A.
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was a pioneering Mexican-American rock and roll musician whose 1950s hits like "La Bamba" helped shape Chicano rock and influence later Latin-infused rock bands.
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B.
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran was an influential American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the 1950s, best known for hits like "Summertime Blues" and his pioneering role in early rockabilly music.
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C.
Don Ellis
Don Ellis was an innovative American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer known for his pioneering use of unusual time signatures and experimental big band arrangements.
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D.
Bobby Fuller
Bobby Fuller was an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader best known for his 1966 hit "I Fought the Law."
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E.
Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent was an influential American rock and roll and rockabilly singer and guitarist best known for his 1956 hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kat Miller in Cold Case