Lau Kin-ming
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Lau Kin-ming is a central character in the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," portrayed as a triad mole who infiltrates the police force while struggling with his divided loyalties and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lau Kin-ming canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8385015 — 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: Lau Kin-ming Context triple: [Infernal Affairs, character, Lau Kin-ming]
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A.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai is an acclaimed Hong Kong actor renowned for his nuanced performances in films by directors like Wong Kar-wai and for being one of Asian cinema’s most respected leading men.
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B.
Yu Lik-wai
Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
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C.
Zhang Hanyu
Zhang Hanyu is a Chinese actor known for his powerful performances in films such as "Assembly" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain."
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D.
Andy Lau
Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
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E.
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat is a renowned Hong Kong actor celebrated for his charismatic performances in action and drama films such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
- 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: Lau Kin-ming Target entity description: Lau Kin-ming is a central character in the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," portrayed as a triad mole who infiltrates the police force while struggling with his divided loyalties and identity.
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A.
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai is an acclaimed Hong Kong actor renowned for his nuanced performances in films by directors like Wong Kar-wai and for being one of Asian cinema’s most respected leading men.
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B.
Yu Lik-wai
Yu Lik-wai is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director best known for his long-time collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke on critically acclaimed art-house films.
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C.
Zhang Hanyu
Zhang Hanyu is a Chinese actor known for his powerful performances in films such as "Assembly" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain."
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D.
Andy Lau
Andy Lau is a renowned Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential stars in the Chinese entertainment industry.
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E.
Chow Yun-fat
Chow Yun-fat is a renowned Hong Kong actor celebrated for his charismatic performances in action and drama films such as "A Better Tomorrow" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Colin Sullivan in The Departed
ⓘ
linked to:
Trooper Barrigan in The Departed
|
| affiliation |
Hong Kong Police Force
ⓘ
Hong Kong triad ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Infernal Affairs
ⓘ
Infernal Affairs II ⓘ Infernal Affairs III ⓘ |
| basedOn | triad mole archetype ⓘ |
| characterArc |
attempts to become a genuine policeman
ⓘ
seeks to erase his criminal past ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Alan Mak
ⓘ
Felix Chong ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Chan Wing-yan ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Infernal Affairs film series
ⓘ
linked to:
Infernal Affairs II
|
| firstAppearance | Infernal Affairs ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | crime thriller ⓘ |
| infiltrates | Hong Kong Police Force ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Cantonese ⓘ |
| loyaltyConflict | divided between triad and police ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | morally ambiguous ⓘ |
| nationality |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| notableAction | erases police records to hide his past ⓘ |
| notableScene | rooftop confrontation with Chan Wing-yan ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
calculating ⓘ highly intelligent ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ |
| occupation |
police officer
ⓘ
triad mole ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Andy Lau
ⓘ
Edison Chen ⓘ |
| relationship | rival of Chan Wing-yan ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
antagonist
ⓘ
central character ⓘ undercover mole ⓘ |
| setting |
Hong Kong
ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
|
| storyFunction | drives central conflict between police and triads ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
betrayal
ⓘ
identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| worksFor |
triad boss Hon Sam
ⓘ
linked to:
Hon Sam
|
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: Lau Kin-ming Description of subject: Lau Kin-ming is a central character in the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs," portrayed as a triad mole who infiltrates the police force while struggling with his divided loyalties and identity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.