Inspector Lewis
E358617
Inspector Lewis is a British television detective drama series following Oxford-based Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis as he solves complex murder cases, originally spun off from the Inspector Morse series.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inspector Lewis canonical | 3 |
| Inspector Morse franchise | 1 |
| Inspector Morse universe | 1 |
| Lewis (TV series) | 1 |
| The Inspector Morse prequel Lewis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3447349 — 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: Inspector Lewis Context triple: [Lewis, alsoKnownAs, Inspector Lewis]
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A.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a British television crime drama series centered on the cerebral and often irascible Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse as he solves complex murder cases in Oxford.
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B.
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series centered on a creative consultant to a magician who uses his expertise in illusions and lateral thinking to solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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C.
Fabian of the Yard
Fabian of the Yard is a 1950s British television crime drama series following a Scotland Yard detective as he investigates real-life-inspired cases.
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D.
Colin Dexter
Colin Dexter was a British crime writer best known as the creator of the Inspector Morse detective novels, which inspired a popular television series.
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E.
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a long-running British crime drama television series that follows forensic pathologists as they investigate complex and often disturbing deaths.
- 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: Inspector Lewis Target entity description: Inspector Lewis is a British television detective drama series following Oxford-based Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis as he solves complex murder cases, originally spun off from the Inspector Morse series.
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A.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a British television crime drama series centered on the cerebral and often irascible Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse as he solves complex murder cases in Oxford.
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B.
Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series centered on a creative consultant to a magician who uses his expertise in illusions and lateral thinking to solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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C.
Fabian of the Yard
Fabian of the Yard is a 1950s British television crime drama series following a Scotland Yard detective as he investigates real-life-inspired cases.
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D.
Colin Dexter
Colin Dexter was a British crime writer best known as the creator of the Inspector Morse detective novels, which inspired a popular television series.
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E.
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a long-running British crime drama television series that follows forensic pathologists as they investigate complex and often disturbing deaths.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
ⓘ
crime drama television series ⓘ detective television series ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacterCreatedBy | Colin Dexter ⓘ |
| characterOccupation |
Detective Inspector
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Detective Sergeant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | James Hathaway ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Robbie Lewis ⓘ |
| format | television drama ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
mystery
ⓘ
whodunit ⓘ |
| hasSetting | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Robbie Lewis ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
complex murder cases
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murder investigations ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| productionType | scripted series ⓘ |
| relatedSeries |
Endeavour
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Inspector Morse ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Oxford ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Inspector Morse ⓘ |
| stars |
Kevin Whately
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Laurence Fox ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Inspector Lewis Description of subject: Inspector Lewis is a British television detective drama series following Oxford-based Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis as he solves complex murder cases, originally spun off from the Inspector Morse series.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lewis (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Inspector Morse franchise
this entity surface form:
Inspector Morse universe
this entity surface form:
The Inspector Morse prequel Lewis