Hostages
E534031
Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive to coerce her into assassinating the President.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hostages canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5613957 — 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: Hostages Context triple: [Dylan McDermott, televisionSeries, Hostages]
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A.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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B.
Hostages Trial
The Hostages Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted German generals for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Balkans.
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C.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
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D.
The Abductors
The Abductors is a 1972 exploitation crime film about a ring of kidnappers who abduct young women for a white slavery operation.
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E.
Ransom
Ransom is a 1996 American thriller film directed by Ron Howard and starring Mel Gibson, centered on a wealthy father's desperate attempt to rescue his kidnapped son.
- 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: Hostages Target entity description: Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive to coerce her into assassinating the President.
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A.
Hostage
"Hostage" is a 2005 crime thriller film in which Jonathan Tucker appears alongside Bruce Willis in a tense story about a hostage negotiator drawn into a violent standoff.
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B.
Hostages Trial
The Hostages Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal at Nuremberg that prosecuted German generals for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Balkans.
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C.
The Kidnappers
The Kidnappers is a 1953 British family drama film set in early 20th-century Nova Scotia, following two young brothers who "adopt" a missing baby they find while searching for a dog.
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D.
The Abductors
The Abductors is a 1972 exploitation crime film about a ring of kidnappers who abduct young women for a white slavery operation.
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E.
Ransom
Ransom is a 1996 American thriller film directed by Ron Howard and starring Mel Gibson, centered on a wealthy father's desperate attempt to rescue his kidnapped son.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Bnei Aruba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Israeli television series Bnei Aruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | serial drama ⓘ |
| centralPlot | A surgeon's family is taken hostage to coerce her into assassinating the President of the United States ⓘ |
| characterFocus | Dr. Ellen Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Johnny Klimek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reinhold Heil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Alon Aranya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Omri Givon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotem Shamir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Jeffrey Nachmanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Alon Aranya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chace Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeffrey Nachmanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Bruckheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Omri Givon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Eid NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotem Shamir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2013-09-23 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.cbs.com/shows/hostages/ ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2014-01-06 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Billy Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dylan McDermott NERFINISHED ⓘ James Naughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio NERFINISHED ⓘ Mateus Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Quinn Shephard NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhys Coiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandrine Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Toni Collette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 15 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Jerry Bruckheimer Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Television ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | surgeon ⓘ |
| setting | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hostages Description of subject: Hostages is an American television drama-thriller series centered on a surgeon whose family is taken captive to coerce her into assassinating the President.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.