Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street
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Lieutenant Al Giardello is the principled, tough-but-fair commander of the Baltimore homicide unit in the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
All labels observed (1)
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| Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5129397 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street Context triple: [Yaphet Kotto, playedCharacter, Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street]
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Inspector Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges
Inspector Joe Dominguez is a wisecracking, laid-back yet capable police inspector and loyal partner to Nash Bridges on the 1990s crime drama series "Nash Bridges."
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Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti is the New York City police detective sergeant who negotiates with the bank robbers during the hostage standoff in the film "Dog Day Afternoon."
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C.
Detective Lieutenant Matt Wozniak in Shades of Blue
Detective Lieutenant Matt Wozniak is a morally conflicted, corrupt-yet-protective NYPD officer who leads a tight-knit crew while navigating crime, loyalty, and betrayal in the TV drama "Shades of Blue."
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D.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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E.
Detective Keith Frazier
Detective Keith Frazier is the determined NYPD hostage negotiator portrayed by Denzel Washington in the heist thriller film "Inside Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street Target entity description: Lieutenant Al Giardello is the principled, tough-but-fair commander of the Baltimore homicide unit in the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
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A.
Inspector Joe Dominguez in Nash Bridges
Inspector Joe Dominguez is a wisecracking, laid-back yet capable police inspector and loyal partner to Nash Bridges on the 1990s crime drama series "Nash Bridges."
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B.
Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti is the New York City police detective sergeant who negotiates with the bank robbers during the hostage standoff in the film "Dog Day Afternoon."
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C.
Detective Lieutenant Matt Wozniak in Shades of Blue
Detective Lieutenant Matt Wozniak is a morally conflicted, corrupt-yet-protective NYPD officer who leads a tight-knit crew while navigating crime, loyalty, and betrayal in the TV drama "Shades of Blue."
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D.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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E.
Detective Keith Frazier
Detective Keith Frazier is the determined NYPD hostage negotiator portrayed by Denzel Washington in the heist thriller film "Inside Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homicide: Life on the Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Homicide: The Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Gary D'Addario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritative
ⓘ
loyal to his detectives ⓘ politically savvy ⓘ principled ⓘ tough but fair ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | television ⓘ |
| creator | Paul Attanasio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Baltimore Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African-American
ⓘ
Italian-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Giardello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Homicide: Life on the Street universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalAppearance | Homicide: The Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Homicide: Life on the Street, season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Aloysius Giardello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | Aloysius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Mike Giardello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMedium | television series ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Gee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commanding the Baltimore homicide unit
ⓘ
conflicts with police brass and city politics ⓘ |
| occupation |
homicide lieutenant
ⓘ
police officer ⓘ |
| parentOf | Mike Giardello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Yaphet Kotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | commanding officer of the homicide unit ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant ⓘ |
| religion | Catholic ⓘ |
| setting | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unit | Homicide Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Frank Pembleton
NERFINISHED
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John Munch NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Meldrick Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Bolander NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Bayliss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street Description of subject: Lieutenant Al Giardello is the principled, tough-but-fair commander of the Baltimore homicide unit in the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
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