Fox Mulder
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Fox Mulder is a driven FBI agent and believer in the paranormal who investigates unsolved and often supernatural cases in the television series "The X-Files."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fox Mulder canonical | 14 |
| Fox William Mulder | 1 |
| Mulder | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3871381 — 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: Fox Mulder Context triple: [The X-Files, mainCharacter, Fox Mulder]
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A.
Scully
Scully is a surname most famously associated with Vin Scully, the legendary American sportscaster known for his long tenure as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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B.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
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C.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a stoic, highly skilled former Marine sniper and the lead special agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team in the long-running television series "NCIS."
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D.
Anthony DiNozzo
Anthony DiNozzo is a charismatic, wisecracking former homicide detective who serves as a senior field agent on the hit TV crime drama NCIS.
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E.
John Tate
John Tate was an influential American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
- 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: Fox Mulder Target entity description: Fox Mulder is a driven FBI agent and believer in the paranormal who investigates unsolved and often supernatural cases in the television series "The X-Files."
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A.
Scully
Scully is a surname most famously associated with Vin Scully, the legendary American sportscaster known for his long tenure as the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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B.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
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C.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a stoic, highly skilled former Marine sniper and the lead special agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team in the long-running television series "NCIS."
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D.
Anthony DiNozzo
Anthony DiNozzo is a charismatic, wisecracking former homicide detective who serves as a senior field agent on the hit TV crime drama NCIS.
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E.
John Tate
John Tate was an influential American mathematician renowned for his foundational work in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FBI special agent
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fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
ⓘ
surface form:
FBI
|
| appearsIn |
The X-Files
ⓘ
The X-Files: Fight the Future ⓘ The X-Files: I Want to Believe ⓘ |
| belief |
existence of extraterrestrial life
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government conspiracy to hide the truth ⓘ |
| catchphrase | The truth is out there ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| closeFriend | Dana Scully ⓘ |
| creator | Chris Carter ⓘ |
| department |
X-Files unit
ⓘ
surface form:
FBI X-Files division
|
| education | Oxford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| familyName |
Fox Mulder
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mulder
|
| fictionalUniverse |
The X-Files
ⓘ
surface form:
The X-Files universe
|
| fieldOfWork |
criminal profiling
ⓘ
paranormal investigation ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The X-Files
ⓘ
surface form:
The X-Files, season 1, episode 1 "Pilot"
|
| fullName |
Fox Mulder
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fox William Mulder
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Fox ⓘ |
| knownFor |
belief in the paranormal
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investigating X-Files ⓘ pursuit of government conspiracies ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| motive | search for his missing sister ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | Fox ⓘ |
| nickname | Spooky Mulder ⓘ |
| notableWork | The X-Files ⓘ |
| occupation |
FBI special agents
ⓘ
surface form:
FBI special agent
|
| officeLocation | FBI basement office ⓘ |
| parent |
Bill Mulder
ⓘ
Teena Mulder ⓘ |
| partner | Dana Scully ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
driven
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idealistic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | David Duchovny ⓘ |
| position |
investigator
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profiler ⓘ |
| religion | agnostic ⓘ |
| sibling | Samantha Mulder ⓘ |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fox Mulder Description of subject: Fox Mulder is a driven FBI agent and believer in the paranormal who investigates unsolved and often supernatural cases in the television series "The X-Files."
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fox William Mulder
this entity surface form:
Mulder