the Harrington family
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The Harrington family is a wealthy, powerful, and often morally conflicted clan central to the drama and intrigue of Tyler Perry’s television series "The Haves and the Have Nots."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harrington family | 2 |
| Harrington family (The Haves and the Have Nots) | 1 |
| the Harrington family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9060235 — 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 Harrington family Context triple: [The Haves and the Have Nots, hasCharacterGroup, the Harrington family]
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A.
Hagan family
The Hagan family is an American family best known for commissioning and originally owning Kentuck Knob, a notable Frank Lloyd Wright–designed house in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Harper family
The Harper family is a prominent American publishing dynasty best known for establishing the influential publishing house that evolved into HarperCollins.
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C.
Hunt family
The Hunt family is a prominent American sports-owning family best known for founding the Kansas City Chiefs and playing a major role in the development of the modern NFL.
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D.
Hopkins family
The Hopkins family is a lineage or household associated with individuals bearing the Hopkins surname, including John Hopkins.
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E.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
- 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 Harrington family Target entity description: The Harrington family is a wealthy, powerful, and often morally conflicted clan central to the drama and intrigue of Tyler Perry’s television series "The Haves and the Have Nots."
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A.
Hagan family
The Hagan family is an American family best known for commissioning and originally owning Kentuck Knob, a notable Frank Lloyd Wright–designed house in Pennsylvania.
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B.
Harper family
The Harper family is a prominent American publishing dynasty best known for establishing the influential publishing house that evolved into HarperCollins.
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C.
Hunt family
The Hunt family is a prominent American sports-owning family best known for founding the Kansas City Chiefs and playing a major role in the development of the modern NFL.
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D.
Hopkins family
The Hopkins family is a lineage or household associated with individuals bearing the Hopkins surname, including John Hopkins.
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E.
Greg family
The Greg family was a prominent British industrialist and merchant dynasty influential in the development of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Haves and the Have Nots ⓘ |
| characteristic |
morally conflicted
ⓘ
powerful ⓘ socially influential ⓘ wealthy ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Cryers family
ⓘ
linked to:
the Cryer family
Young family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| createdBy | Tyler Perry ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Haves and the Have Nots Season 1 Episode 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots
|
| genreAssociation |
drama
ⓘ
soap opera ⓘ |
| hasMember |
David Harrington
ⓘ
Jeffrey Harrington ⓘ Maggie Day (associate) ⓘ Veronica Harrington ⓘ other extended relatives and associates ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central family in the series ⓘ |
| network |
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
ⓘ
linked to:
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
|
| plotFunction |
drives legal and political storylines
ⓘ
embodies themes of privilege and control ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Tyler Perry Studios productions
ⓘ
linked to:
Tyler Perry Studios
|
| setting |
Savannah, Georgia (fictionalized setting in the series)
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Savannah, Georgia
|
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
betrayal
ⓘ
class inequality ⓘ corruption ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ power struggles ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Harrington family Description of subject: The Harrington family is a wealthy, powerful, and often morally conflicted clan central to the drama and intrigue of Tyler Perry’s television series "The Haves and the Have Nots."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: the Harrington family
linked to: the Harrington family
subject linked to:
the Young family
linked to: the Harrington family