Magnum, P.I.
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Magnum, P.I. is an American television crime drama series from the 1980s that follows the adventures of private investigator Thomas Magnum in Hawaii.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magnum, P.I. canonical | 18 |
| Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) | 9 |
| Magnum P.I. (2018 reboot) | 1 |
| Magnum, P.I. (1980 TV series) | 1 |
| Magnum, P.I. (television series episodes) | 1 |
| Magnum, P.I. theme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4984991 — 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: Magnum, P.I. Context triple: [Jill St. John, notableWork, Magnum, P.I.]
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A.
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is a 1970s American television series following private investigator Jim Rockford, known for its character-driven storytelling, humor, and influential take on the detective genre.
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B.
The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
The Magnificent Seven is an American Western television series, inspired by the classic 1960 film, that follows a group of seven gunmen who protect a frontier town in the Old West.
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C.
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 action-comedy film adaptation of the 1970s TV series, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as mismatched detectives in a stylized, humorous take on buddy-cop crime fighting.
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D.
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
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E.
Remington Steele
Remington Steele is an American television series blending detective drama and romantic comedy, best known for launching Pierce Brosnan to fame in the 1980s.
- 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: Magnum, P.I. Target entity description: Magnum, P.I. is an American television crime drama series from the 1980s that follows the adventures of private investigator Thomas Magnum in Hawaii.
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A.
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files is a 1970s American television series following private investigator Jim Rockford, known for its character-driven storytelling, humor, and influential take on the detective genre.
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B.
The Magnificent Seven (TV series)
The Magnificent Seven is an American Western television series, inspired by the classic 1960 film, that follows a group of seven gunmen who protect a frontier town in the Old West.
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C.
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 action-comedy film adaptation of the 1970s TV series, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as mismatched detectives in a stylized, humorous take on buddy-cop crime fighting.
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D.
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series that follows the lives of New York City police officers, firefighters, and paramedics working the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift.
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E.
Remington Steele
Remington Steele is an American television series blending detective drama and romantic comedy, best known for launching Pierce Brosnan to fame in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television series
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crime drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | mono ⓘ |
| award |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (Tom Selleck)
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (John Hillerman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | color ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III – John Hillerman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orville "Rick" Wright – Larry Manetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore "T.C." Calvin – Roger E. Mosley ⓘ Thomas Magnum – Tom Selleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Mike Post
NERFINISHED
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Pete Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Donald P. Bellisario
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glen A. Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Thomas Magnum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Oahu, Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1980 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1988 ⓘ |
| leadCharacterBackground | Vietnam War veteran ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orville "Rick" Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore "T.C." Calvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Magnum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProp | Ferrari 308 GTS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 162 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 8 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalRunEndDate | May 8, 1988 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartDate | December 11, 1980 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 4:3 ⓘ |
| portrays | private investigator ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Hawaii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFeature | Robin's Nest estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
John Hillerman
NERFINISHED
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Larry Manetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger E. Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Selleck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s American television ⓘ |
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: Magnum, P.I. Description of subject: Magnum, P.I. is an American television crime drama series from the 1980s that follows the adventures of private investigator Thomas Magnum in Hawaii.
Referenced by (31)
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Magnum, P.I. (television series episodes)
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Magnum P.I. (2018 reboot)
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Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
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Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
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Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
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Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
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Magnum, P.I. theme
this entity surface form:
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)
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Magnum, P.I. (1980 TV series)
this entity surface form:
Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)