Michael Tao
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Michael Tao is a fictional LAPD detective and tech-savvy investigator featured in the television series "The Closer" and its spin-off "Major Crimes."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Tao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22607900 — 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: Michael Tao Context triple: [Sharon Raydor, hasColleague, Michael Tao]
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A.
Louis Wu
Louis Wu is a central human protagonist in Larry Niven’s Known Space science fiction series, best known for his role in the novel "Ringworld."
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B.
Richard Cheng
Richard Cheng is a character in the "Crazy Rich Asians" universe, known as the wealthy, old-money uncle of Nick Young.
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C.
Jeff Wu
Jeff Wu is a machine learning researcher known for his work on large language models, including co-authoring the original GPT-2 paper at OpenAI.
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D.
Winston Chao
Winston Chao is a Taiwanese actor best known internationally for his leading role in Ang Lee’s film "The Wedding Banquet" and for portraying historical figure Sun Yat-sen in multiple Chinese-language productions.
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E.
James Tien
James Tien is a Hong Kong actor best known for his supporting roles in classic martial arts films alongside stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
- 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: Michael Tao Target entity description: Michael Tao is a fictional LAPD detective and tech-savvy investigator featured in the television series "The Closer" and its spin-off "Major Crimes."
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A.
Louis Wu
Louis Wu is a central human protagonist in Larry Niven’s Known Space science fiction series, best known for his role in the novel "Ringworld."
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B.
Richard Cheng
Richard Cheng is a character in the "Crazy Rich Asians" universe, known as the wealthy, old-money uncle of Nick Young.
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C.
Jeff Wu
Jeff Wu is a machine learning researcher known for his work on large language models, including co-authoring the original GPT-2 paper at OpenAI.
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D.
Winston Chao
Winston Chao is a Taiwanese actor best known internationally for his leading role in Ang Lee’s film "The Wedding Banquet" and for portraying historical figure Sun Yat-sen in multiple Chinese-language productions.
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E.
James Tien
James Tien is a Hong Kong actor best known for his supporting roles in classic martial arts films alongside stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.