Kings
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Kings is a short-lived NBC drama series that reimagines the biblical story of King David in a modern, politically charged monarchy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kings canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9063007 — 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: Kings Context triple: [Francis Lawrence, directedTelevisionSeries, Kings]
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A.
Kings
Kings is the common shorthand nickname for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan.
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B.
Kings
Kings is a biblical book in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the history of the Israelite monarchies from Solomon through the fall of Jerusalem.
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C.
The Kings
The Kings are a Canadian rock band best known for their early-1980s hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide."
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D.
The Royals
The Royals is the nickname of the Royal Canadian Regiment, one of Canada's oldest and most distinguished regular infantry regiments.
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E.
The Royals
The Royals is a scripted drama television series that follows the scandalous lives of a fictional British royal family.
- 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: Kings Target entity description: Kings is a short-lived NBC drama series that reimagines the biblical story of King David in a modern, politically charged monarchy.
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A.
Kings
Kings is a biblical book in the Hebrew Bible that narrates the history of the Israelite monarchies from Solomon through the fall of Jerusalem.
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B.
Kings
Kings is the common shorthand nickname for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, a professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Japan.
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C.
The Kings
The Kings are a Canadian rock band best known for their early-1980s hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide."
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D.
The Royals
The Royals is the nickname of the Royal Canadian Regiment, one of Canada's oldest and most distinguished regular infantry regiments.
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E.
The Royals
The Royals is a scripted drama television series that follows the scandalous lives of a fictional British royal family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical story of King David ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| castMember |
Allison Miller
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dylan Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Eamonn Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Macaulay Culkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Stan NERFINISHED ⓘ Susanna Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn |
David Shepherd; biblical King David
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Silas Benjamin; biblical King Saul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Trevor Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Michael Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | NBCUniversal Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Erwin Stoff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Francis Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikko Alanne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2009-03-15 ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2009-07-25 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Christopher Egan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ian McShane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
David Shepherd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Silas Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | modern reimagining of biblical narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | modern political reinterpretation of the David and Goliath story ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 13 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Media Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 45 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | fictional modern monarchy of Gilboa ⓘ |
| shortDescription | short-lived NBC drama series reimagining the biblical story of King David in a modern monarchy ⓘ |
| status | ended ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
faith
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monarchy ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ power struggle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Kings Description of subject: Kings is a short-lived NBC drama series that reimagines the biblical story of King David in a modern, politically charged monarchy.
Referenced by (6)
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