Detective Mike Bosko in Heat
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Detective Mike Bosko in *Heat* is a supporting LAPD detective character portrayed by Ted Levine in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Detective Mike Bosko in Heat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3121230 — 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: Detective Mike Bosko in Heat Context triple: [Ted Levine, role, Detective Mike Bosko in Heat]
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A.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
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B.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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C.
Buddy Russo in The French Connection
Buddy Russo in *The French Connection* is a tough, streetwise New York City detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the gritty pursuit of an international heroin smuggling ring.
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D.
Kojak
Kojak is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the tough, lollipop-licking New York City detective Theo Kojak, played by Telly Savalas.
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E.
Inspector Steve Keller
Inspector Steve Keller is a fictional young homicide detective and partner to veteran cop Mike Stone in the 1970s American crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
- 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: Detective Mike Bosko in Heat Target entity description: Detective Mike Bosko in *Heat* is a supporting LAPD detective character portrayed by Ted Levine in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller.
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A.
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday is the no-nonsense, methodical detective protagonist of the classic police procedural series "Dragnet," known for his deadpan delivery and focus on factual investigation.
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B.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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C.
Buddy Russo in The French Connection
Buddy Russo in *The French Connection* is a tough, streetwise New York City detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the gritty pursuit of an international heroin smuggling ring.
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D.
Kojak
Kojak is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the tough, lollipop-licking New York City detective Theo Kojak, played by Telly Savalas.
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E.
Inspector Steve Keller
Inspector Steve Keller is a fictional young homicide detective and partner to veteran cop Mike Stone in the 1970s American crime drama series "The Streets of San Francisco."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Heat ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Los Angeles Police Department
ⓘ
surface form:
LAPD
Lt. Vincent Hanna ⓘ
surface form:
Lieutenant Vincent Hanna
|
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Michael Mann ⓘ |
| employer | Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ |
| filmCinematographyBy | Dante Spinotti ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmDirector | Michael Mann ⓘ |
| filmEditedBy | Dov Hoenig ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | Elliot Goldenthal ⓘ |
| filmOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Heat (1995 film) ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | crime thriller film ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | detective ⓘ |
| partOf | LAPD robbery-homicide investigation team ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ted Levine ⓘ |
| workLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Detective Mike Bosko in Heat Description of subject: Detective Mike Bosko in *Heat* is a supporting LAPD detective character portrayed by Ted Levine in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.