The Sentinel (TV series)
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The Sentinel is a 1990s American action-crime television series about a police detective with hyper-enhanced senses who uses his abilities to fight crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sentinel (TV series) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9131478 — 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 Sentinel (TV series) Context triple: [Danny Bilson, notableWork, The Sentinel (TV series)]
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A.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a thriller novel in the Jack Reacher series, co-written by Lee Child and his brother Andrew Child, featuring the iconic drifter hero confronting a high-stakes conspiracy.
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B.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 2006 political thriller film about a veteran Secret Service agent framed in a plot to assassinate the U.S. president.
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C.
The Sentinel
"The Sentinel" is a seminal science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that helped inspire the concept and themes of his later work "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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D.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
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E.
Sentinels
The Sentinels is the name of the athletic teams representing Patrick Henry College in collegiate sports competitions.
- 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 Sentinel (TV series) Target entity description: The Sentinel is a 1990s American action-crime television series about a police detective with hyper-enhanced senses who uses his abilities to fight crime.
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A.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 2006 political thriller film about a veteran Secret Service agent framed in a plot to assassinate the U.S. president.
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B.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a thriller novel in the Jack Reacher series, co-written by Lee Child and his brother Andrew Child, featuring the iconic drifter hero confronting a high-stakes conspiracy.
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C.
The Sentinel
"The Sentinel" is a seminal science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke that helped inspire the concept and themes of his later work "2001: A Space Odyssey."
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D.
The Sentinel
The Sentinel is a 1977 supernatural horror film known for its eerie atmosphere and cult status, in which Christopher Walken appears among an ensemble cast.
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E.
Sentinels
Sentinels is the mascot name representing the athletic teams and school spirit of Inglewood High School.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| character |
Blair Sandburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Danny Bilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul De Meo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Danny Bilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul De Meo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Domestic Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Danny Bilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul De Meo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1996 ⓘ |
| genre |
action
ⓘ
crime ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasFandom | cult following ⓘ |
| hasTheme | use of heightened senses to fight crime ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1999 ⓘ |
| mainCharacterName | Detective James "Jim" Ellison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | police detective ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPartner | Blair Sandburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| network | UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a modern-day sentinel with five hyper-enhanced senses ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 65 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | UPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalRunEndDate | May 24, 1999 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartDate | March 20, 1996 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
|
| portrays | hyper-enhanced senses ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Paramount Network Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pet Fly Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Cascade, Washington (fictional city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anna Galvin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruce A. Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Deborah Kellner NERFINISHED ⓘ Garett Maggart NERFINISHED ⓘ Kelly Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burgi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Sentinel (TV series) Description of subject: The Sentinel is a 1990s American action-crime television series about a police detective with hyper-enhanced senses who uses his abilities to fight crime.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.