James Scott Rockford
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James Scott Rockford is the fictional private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by actor James Garner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Scott Rockford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8084526 — 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: James Scott Rockford Context triple: [Jim Rockford, fullName, James Scott Rockford]
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A.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
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B.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British music producer and record label executive best known as a co-founder of the influential indie label Creation Records.
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C.
William Todd
William Todd was the designer of the original Bear Flag that became the basis for the modern state flag of California.
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D.
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his work on stage, film, and television, including his role as Sybok in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."
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E.
Lyndon Hooper
Lyndon Hooper is a retired Canadian soccer midfielder who earned numerous caps for the Canadian national team during the late 1980s and 1990s.
- 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: James Scott Rockford Target entity description: James Scott Rockford is the fictional private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by actor James Garner.
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A.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
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B.
Joe Foster
Joe Foster is a British music producer and record label executive best known as a co-founder of the influential indie label Creation Records.
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C.
William Todd
William Todd was the designer of the original Bear Flag that became the basis for the modern state flag of California.
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D.
Laurence Luckinbill
Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright, and director known for his work on stage, film, and television, including his role as Sybok in "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."
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E.
Lyndon Hooper
Lyndon Hooper is a retired Canadian soccer midfielder who earned numerous caps for the Canadian national team during the late 1980s and 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| activeYearsInUniverse | 1970s ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rockford Files NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| characteristic |
frequently gets into trouble with the police
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often avoids carrying a gun ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Dennis Becker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriend | Evelyn "Angel" Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Roy Huggins
NERFINISHED
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Stephen J. Cannell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Rockford Files NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Rockford Files pilot episode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerOccupation |
Korean War veteran
ⓘ
ex-convict ⓘ |
| fullName | James Scott Rockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Joseph "Rocky" Rockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVehicle | Pontiac Firebird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeLocation | Paradise Cove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
answering machine messages at the start of episodes
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using his wits instead of violence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| livesIn | trailer ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| nickname | Jim Rockford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
detective
ⓘ
private investigator ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cynical
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reluctant hero ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| professionDetail | works mostly on low-budget cases ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malibu, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesDebut | The Rockford Files season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | contemporary 1970s Los Angeles ⓘ |
| televisionSeriesEndYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| televisionSeriesStartYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| vehicleColor | gold Pontiac Firebird ⓘ |
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: James Scott Rockford Description of subject: James Scott Rockford is the fictional private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by actor James Garner.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.