Emerson Cod
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Emerson Cod is a gruff, pragmatic private investigator and one of the central characters in the whimsical television series "Pushing Daisies."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emerson Cod canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6239410 — 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: Emerson Cod Context triple: [Pushing Daisies, hasMainCharacter, Emerson Cod]
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A.
Ralph Emerson
Ralph Emerson was an American actor active during the silent and early sound film era, known for roles in late 1920s motion pictures.
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B.
Edward Mills
Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
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C.
William Emerson
William Emerson was a prominent British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for major public and memorial buildings in British India.
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D.
William Garrett Walden
William Garrett Walden is an American musician and composer best known for creating the scores for numerous popular television series, including "The West Wing," "Thirtysomething," and "Friday Night Lights."
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E.
Charles Emerson
Charles Emerson was a 19th-century American lawyer and lecturer, best known as the intellectually gifted but short-lived younger brother of transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- 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: Emerson Cod Target entity description: Emerson Cod is a gruff, pragmatic private investigator and one of the central characters in the whimsical television series "Pushing Daisies."
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A.
Ralph Emerson
Ralph Emerson was an American actor active during the silent and early sound film era, known for roles in late 1920s motion pictures.
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B.
Edward Mills
Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
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C.
William Emerson
William Emerson was a prominent British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for major public and memorial buildings in British India.
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D.
William Garrett Walden
William Garrett Walden is an American musician and composer best known for creating the scores for numerous popular television series, including "The West Wing," "Thirtysomething," and "Friday Night Lights."
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E.
Charles Emerson
Charles Emerson was a 19th-century American lawyer and lecturer, best known as the intellectually gifted but short-lived younger brother of transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Pushing Daisies ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
mystery
ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ |
| appearsOnNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ned's pie shop
ⓘ
The Pie Hole ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Bryan Fuller ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Pushing Daisies, season 1, episode 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
comedy-drama
ⓘ
fantasy television ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Emerson Cod ⓘ |
| hasHobby |
creating pop-up books
ⓘ
knitting ⓘ |
| hasRelationship |
ally of Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
ⓘ
business partner of Ned ⓘ friend of Olive Snook ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| motivation |
earning money from solved cases
ⓘ
finding his estranged daughter ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
comic relief
ⓘ
main character ⓘ partner to Ned ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
carries a gun
ⓘ
protective of his partners ⓘ skeptical of romance ⓘ |
| occupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
gruff
ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Chi McBride ⓘ |
| setting | fictionalized American town of Couer d'Couers ⓘ |
| usesSkill |
detective work
ⓘ
interrogation ⓘ observation ⓘ |
| worksIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| worksWith |
Charlotte "Chuck" Charles
ⓘ
Ned ⓘ Olive Snook ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Emerson Cod Description of subject: Emerson Cod is a gruff, pragmatic private investigator and one of the central characters in the whimsical television series "Pushing Daisies."
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.