Hamilton Burger
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Hamilton Burger is the fictional district attorney and frequent courtroom adversary of defense lawyer Perry Mason in Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels and their screen adaptations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamilton Burger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1201188 — 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: Hamilton Burger Context triple: [Perry Mason, associatedWith, Hamilton Burger]
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A.
S. W. Burger
S. W. Burger is the commonly used name of Schalk Willem Burger, a prominent Boer military leader and acting president of the South African Republic during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Al Reser
Al Reser was an American businessman and Oregon State University alumnus best known as the longtime head of Reser's Fine Foods and a major benefactor of OSU athletics.
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C.
Herman
Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
Herman
Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
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E.
Lester
Lester is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals, including the diplomat Seán Lester.
- 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: Hamilton Burger Target entity description: Hamilton Burger is the fictional district attorney and frequent courtroom adversary of defense lawyer Perry Mason in Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels and their screen adaptations.
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A.
S. W. Burger
S. W. Burger is the commonly used name of Schalk Willem Burger, a prominent Boer military leader and acting president of the South African Republic during the Second Boer War.
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B.
Al Reser
Al Reser was an American businessman and Oregon State University alumnus best known as the longtime head of Reser's Fine Foods and a major benefactor of OSU athletics.
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C.
Herman
Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
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D.
Herman
Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
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E.
Lester
Lester is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals, including the diplomat Seán Lester.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district attorney
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Perry Mason
ⓘ
surface form:
Perry Mason (1957 TV series)
Perry Mason ⓘ
surface form:
Perry Mason (film series)
Perry Mason novel series ⓘ Perry Mason ⓘ
surface form:
Perry Mason television films
Perry Mason ⓘ
surface form:
The New Perry Mason (1973 TV series)
|
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| characterAlignment | lawful ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
committed to justice
ⓘ
determined ⓘ ethical ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Erle Stanley Gardner ⓘ |
| employer | Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Perry Mason universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Perry Mason
ⓘ
surface form:
Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner
|
| genre | legal fiction ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Hamilton ⓘ |
| hasLastName | Burger ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalPosition | public prosecutor ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
literature ⓘ television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
Perry Mason's courtroom adversary
ⓘ
antagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | district attorney ⓘ |
| opponent | Perry Mason ⓘ |
| opposesInCourt | criminal defendants represented by Perry Mason ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Monte Markham
ⓘ
William Talman ⓘ various actors in film adaptations ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Lt. Tragg
ⓘ
surface form:
Lieutenant Arthur Tragg
police detectives ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hamilton Burger Description of subject: Hamilton Burger is the fictional district attorney and frequent courtroom adversary of defense lawyer Perry Mason in Erle Stanley Gardner’s novels and their screen adaptations.
Referenced by (1)
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