Matlock
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Matlock is an American legal drama television series starring Andy Griffith as a shrewd, folksy defense attorney known for his courtroom showdowns and investigative skills.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matlock canonical | 22 |
| Matlock (TV series) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4256192 — 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: Matlock Context triple: [Andy Griffith, notableWork, Matlock]
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A.
Matlock
Matlock is a historic spa and market town in Derbyshire, England, known for its picturesque setting in the Derwent Valley and its role as the county’s administrative centre.
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B.
MATLOCK
MATLOCK is a town in Derbyshire, England, known as a gateway to the Peak District and a local administrative and commercial centre.
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C.
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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D.
Jim Rockford
Jim Rockford is the wisecracking, down-on-his-luck private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by James Garner.
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E.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television crime drama series set in San Francisco, starring Don Johnson as a charismatic police inspector.
- 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: Matlock Target entity description: Matlock is an American legal drama television series starring Andy Griffith as a shrewd, folksy defense attorney known for his courtroom showdowns and investigative skills.
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A.
Matlock
Matlock is a historic spa and market town in Derbyshire, England, known for its picturesque setting in the Derwent Valley and its role as the county’s administrative centre.
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B.
MATLOCK
MATLOCK is a town in Derbyshire, England, known as a gateway to the Peak District and a local administrative and commercial centre.
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C.
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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D.
Jim Rockford
Jim Rockford is the wisecracking, down-on-his-luck private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by James Garner.
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E.
Nash Bridges
Nash Bridges is an American television crime drama series set in San Francisco, starring Don Johnson as a charismatic police inspector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
legal drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| airedFrom | 1986 ⓘ |
| airedUntil | 1995 ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | primetime ⓘ |
| character | Ben Matlock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Dean Hargrove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | CBS Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Dean Hargrove
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fred Silverman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1986-03-03 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeRuntime | approx. 45 minutes ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
courtroom drama
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait |
folksy
ⓘ
shrewd ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
courtroom showdowns
ⓘ
investigative sequences ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 195 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 9 ⓘ |
| occupation | defense attorney ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Theme from Matlock ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ABC
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| productionCompany | Viacom Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Atlanta, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Diagnosis: Murder (crossover appearances) ⓘ |
| starring |
Andy Griffith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brynn Thayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Clarence Gilyard Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Sommars NERFINISHED ⓘ Kene Holliday NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Purl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
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: Matlock Description of subject: Matlock is an American legal drama television series starring Andy Griffith as a shrewd, folksy defense attorney known for his courtroom showdowns and investigative skills.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Matlock (TV series)
this entity surface form:
Matlock (TV series)