Taken (TV series)
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Taken is an action-thriller television series based on the film franchise of the same name, serving as a modern-day prequel that follows a younger Bryan Mills as he develops the specialized skills that define his later career.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taken (TV series) canonical | 3 |
| Taken (TV miniseries) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751925 — 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: Taken (TV series) Context triple: [Simu Liu, notableWork, Taken (TV series)]
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A.
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American crime drama television series that follows an FBI missing persons unit as they investigate and locate individuals who have mysteriously disappeared.
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B.
Touch (TV series)
Touch is an American drama television series that follows a widowed father whose emotionally challenged son can predict future events through complex numerical patterns, intertwining global storylines around fate and interconnectedness.
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C.
The Closer
The Closer is a 2021 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that sparked widespread controversy and debate over its jokes about gender identity and the LGBTQ+ community.
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D.
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Taken (TV series) Target entity description: Taken is an action-thriller television series based on the film franchise of the same name, serving as a modern-day prequel that follows a younger Bryan Mills as he develops the specialized skills that define his later career.
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A.
Without a Trace
Without a Trace is an American crime drama television series that follows an FBI missing persons unit as they investigate and locate individuals who have mysteriously disappeared.
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B.
Touch (TV series)
Touch is an American drama television series that follows a widowed father whose emotionally challenged son can predict future events through complex numerical patterns, intertwining global storylines around fate and interconnectedness.
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C.
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama television series centered on a brilliant but tough female deputy police chief who specializes in interrogations and securing confessions.
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D.
The Closer
The Closer is a 2021 Netflix stand-up comedy special by Dave Chappelle that sparked widespread controversy and debate over its jokes about gender identity and the LGBTQ+ community.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | 5.1 surround sound ⓘ |
| basedOn | Taken (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Alexander Cary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luc Besson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | Alexander Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Alexander Cary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edouard de Vésinne NERFINISHED ⓘ Luc Besson NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ Michele Fazekas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tara Butters NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Anargyros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Bryan Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | younger Bryan Mills ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasOpeningTheme | instrumental theme ⓘ |
| isPrequelTo | Taken (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | development of Bryan Mills' special skills ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 26 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 2018-06-30 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 2017-02-27 ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Taken franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalCharacter | Bryan Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
EuropaCorp Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universal Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| starring |
Adam Goldberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brooklyn Sudano NERFINISHED ⓘ Clive Standen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ James Landry Hébert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Beals NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Irby NERFINISHED ⓘ Monique Gabriela Curnen NERFINISHED ⓘ Simu Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Taken (TV series) Description of subject: Taken is an action-thriller television series based on the film franchise of the same name, serving as a modern-day prequel that follows a younger Bryan Mills as he develops the specialized skills that define his later career.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Taken (TV miniseries)
this entity surface form:
Taken (TV miniseries)