The Equalizer
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The Equalizer is an American action thriller franchise, originating as a 1980s television series and later adapted into films, about a former intelligence operative who uses his skills to help people in desperate situations.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Equalizer canonical | 32 |
| The Equalizer 2 | 14 |
| The Equalizer (film series) | 6 |
| The Equalizer (2014 film) | 4 |
| The Equalizer (2021 TV series) | 4 |
| The Equalizer 3 | 3 |
| The Equaliser (UK spelling) | 1 |
| The Equalizer (1985) | 1 |
| The Equalizer (franchise) | 1 |
| The Equalizer franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T553158 — 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: The Equalizer Context triple: [Steve Tisch, notableWork, The Equalizer]
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A.
Mystic River
Mystic River is a tidal estuary in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, historically significant for shipbuilding and industrial activity along its banks.
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B.
The Walk
The Walk is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis that dramatizes high-wire artist Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
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C.
Get Out
Get Out is a critically acclaimed 2017 horror-thriller film written and directed by Jordan Peele that blends social commentary on race with psychological suspense.
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D.
Thunderbitch
Thunderbitch is a rock side project and band fronted by Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, known for its raw, garage-rock sound and theatrical persona.
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E.
The Unit
The Unit is an American television drama series that follows a covert U.S. Army special operations team and their families as they navigate dangerous missions and personal challenges.
- 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: The Equalizer Target entity description: The Equalizer is an American action thriller franchise, originating as a 1980s television series and later adapted into films, about a former intelligence operative who uses his skills to help people in desperate situations.
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A.
Mystic River
Mystic River is a tidal estuary in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, historically significant for shipbuilding and industrial activity along its banks.
-
B.
The Walk
The Walk is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis that dramatizes high-wire artist Philippe Petit's daring 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
-
C.
Get Out
Get Out is a critically acclaimed 2017 horror-thriller film written and directed by Jordan Peele that blends social commentary on race with psychological suspense.
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D.
Thunderbitch
Thunderbitch is a rock side project and band fronted by Alabama Shakes singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, known for its raw, garage-rock sound and theatrical persona.
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E.
The Unit
The Unit is an American television drama series that follows a covert U.S. Army special operations team and their families as they navigate dangerous missions and personal challenges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
action thriller franchise
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fictional character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ film ⓘ film ⓘ film ⓘ film series ⓘ media franchise ⓘ television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Equalizer (1985 TV series)
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The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
|
| basedOn |
The Equalizer (1985 TV series)
ⓘ
The Equalizer (1985 TV series) ⓘ |
| character |
Robert McCall
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Robert McCall ⓘ Robert McCall ⓘ Robert McCall ⓘ Robert McCall ⓘ Robyn McCall ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Michael Sloan
ⓘ
Richard Lindheim ⓘ |
| director |
Antoine Fuqua
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Antoine Fuqua ⓘ Antoine Fuqua ⓘ Antoine Fuqua ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| firstAired |
1985
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2021 ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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action ⓘ action ⓘ action thriller ⓘ action thriller ⓘ action thriller ⓘ action thriller ⓘ crime drama ⓘ crime drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Equalizer (1985 TV series)
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The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
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| lastAired | 1989 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Robert McCall ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | former intelligence operative helping people in desperate situations ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 88 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
former CIA operative
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former intelligence operative ⓘ vigilante ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
CBS
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CBS ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Equalizer
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
The Equalizer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
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| productionCompany | Escape Artists ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
2014
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2018 ⓘ 2023 ⓘ |
| starring |
Chloë Grace Moretz
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Denzel Washington ⓘ Denzel Washington ⓘ Denzel Washington ⓘ Edward Woodward ⓘ Queen Latifah ⓘ |
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: The Equalizer Description of subject: The Equalizer is an American action thriller franchise, originating as a 1980s television series and later adapted into films, about a former intelligence operative who uses his skills to help people in desperate situations.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Equalizer 2
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The Equalizer 2
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The Equalizer 2
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The Equalizer 2
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The Equalizer (film series)
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The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
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The Equalizer (2014 film)
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The Equalizer (film series)
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The Equalizer 2
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The Equalizer (film series)
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The Equalizer 3
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
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Robert McCall
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The Equalizer (film series)
subject surface form:
Robyn McCall
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The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 3
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 3
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer (2021 TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer 2
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer (film series)
this entity surface form:
The Equalizer (2014 film)
this entity surface form:
The Equaliser (UK spelling)