Cop Rock
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Cop Rock is a short-lived 1990 American television series that uniquely combined police procedural drama with musical numbers, often cited as one of TV’s most bizarre experiments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cop Rock canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7772934 — 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: Cop Rock Context triple: [Michael M. Robin, notableWork, Cop Rock]
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A.
King Swing
King Swing is a notable feature of The Nose climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite, known for its dramatic, pendulum-style traverse across the rock face.
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B.
Yakety Yak
"Yakety Yak" is a 1958 rock and roll and rhythm and blues hit song, originally recorded by the Coasters, known for its humorous lyrics about teenage rebellion and parental nagging.
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C.
Smackwater Jack
"Smackwater Jack" is a song best known from Carole King's landmark 1971 album "Tapestry," co-written with lyricist Gerry Goffin.
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D.
Sweet Marie
Sweet Marie is the titular woman addressed in Bob Dylan’s song “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” serving as the elusive, symbolic love interest at the center of the lyrics.
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E.
Sugar Mountain
"Sugar Mountain" is a beloved Neil Young song, written when he was a teenager, that nostalgically reflects on the loss of youth and innocence.
- 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: Cop Rock Target entity description: Cop Rock is a short-lived 1990 American television series that uniquely combined police procedural drama with musical numbers, often cited as one of TV’s most bizarre experiments.
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A.
King Swing
King Swing is a notable feature of The Nose climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite, known for its dramatic, pendulum-style traverse across the rock face.
-
B.
Yakety Yak
"Yakety Yak" is a 1958 rock and roll and rhythm and blues hit song, originally recorded by the Coasters, known for its humorous lyrics about teenage rebellion and parental nagging.
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C.
Smackwater Jack
"Smackwater Jack" is a song best known from Carole King's landmark 1971 album "Tapestry," co-written with lyricist Gerry Goffin.
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D.
Sweet Marie
Sweet Marie is the titular woman addressed in Bob Dylan’s song “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” serving as the elusive, symbolic love interest at the center of the lyrics.
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E.
Sugar Mountain
"Sugar Mountain" is a beloved Neil Young song, written when he was a teenager, that nostalgically reflects on the loss of youth and innocence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| composer | Randy Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Steven Bochco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Terry Louise Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to negative ⓘ |
| endDate | 1990-12-26 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Michael Kozoll
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Bochco NERFINISHED ⓘ William M. Finkelstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
musical ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Anne Bobby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbara Bosson NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ David Gianopoulos NERFINISHED ⓘ Debbie Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ James McDaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ Mick Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul McCrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Onorati NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronny Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronny Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Teri Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vondie Curtis-Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasThemeMusicComposer | Randy Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
combines police procedural storytelling with musical numbers
ⓘ
frequently cited as one of the most bizarre American TV series ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 11 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | Under the Gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalChannel | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| originalRun | September 26, 1990 – December 26, 1990 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| productionCompany | Steven Bochco Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation |
considered a cult curiosity
ⓘ
often listed among the worst TV shows of all time ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| startDate | 1990-09-26 ⓘ |
| status | ended ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cop Rock Description of subject: Cop Rock is a short-lived 1990 American television series that uniquely combined police procedural drama with musical numbers, often cited as one of TV’s most bizarre experiments.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.