Life (TV series)
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Life is an American crime drama television series that follows a detective wrongfully imprisoned for years who returns to the police force with a Zen outlook and a determination to solve both crimes and the mystery of his own framing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life (TV series) canonical | 4 |
| Life season 1 | 1 |
| Life season 2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5112789 — 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: Life (TV series) Context triple: [Life Story, relatedTo, Life (TV series)]
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A.
This Life (TV series)
This Life is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young law graduates sharing a house in London during the 1990s.
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B.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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C.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
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D.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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E.
Una Vida
Una Vida is an ancient Chacoan great house ruin in northwestern New Mexico, notable for its multi-story masonry architecture and significance within the Chaco Culture.
- 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: Life (TV series) Target entity description: Life is an American crime drama television series that follows a detective wrongfully imprisoned for years who returns to the police force with a Zen outlook and a determination to solve both crimes and the mystery of his own framing.
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A.
This Life (TV series)
This Life is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young law graduates sharing a house in London during the 1990s.
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B.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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C.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
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D.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
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E.
Una Vida
Una Vida is an ancient Chacoan great house ruin in northwestern New Mexico, notable for its multi-story masonry architecture and significance within the Chaco Culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | network television ⓘ |
| character |
Captain Kevin Tidwell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charlie Crews NERFINISHED ⓘ Dani Reese NERFINISHED ⓘ Lt. Karen Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Earley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Rand Ravich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Daniel Sackheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Semel NERFINISHED ⓘ Far Shariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Rand Ravich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2007-09-26 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeLength | approximately 43 minutes ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2009-04-08 ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | LAPD detective ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | Zen outlook ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Zen philosophy
ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ personal redemption ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 32 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| originalRunStatus | ended ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| plotFocus |
investigating his own framing
ⓘ
solving crimes ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Media Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charlie Crews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | wrongfully imprisoned ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Adam Arkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brent Sexton NERFINISHED ⓘ Brooke Langton NERFINISHED ⓘ Damian Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Donal Logue NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Weigert NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Shahi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Life (TV series) Description of subject: Life is an American crime drama television series that follows a detective wrongfully imprisoned for years who returns to the police force with a Zen outlook and a determination to solve both crimes and the mystery of his own framing.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Life season 1
this entity surface form:
Life season 2