The Brink (TV series)
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The Brink is a satirical HBO television series that follows U.S. government and military officials scrambling to manage a geopolitical crisis that threatens to trigger World War III.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Brink (TV series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9245696 — 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 Brink (TV series) Context triple: [Jerry Weintraub, notableWork, The Brink (TV series)]
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A.
The Kill Point (TV miniseries)
The Kill Point is an American crime drama TV miniseries that follows a tense hostage standoff after a botched bank robbery carried out by a group of Iraq War veterans.
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B.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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C.
Life as a House
Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film about a terminally ill man who attempts to rebuild both his dilapidated house and his fractured relationship with his son.
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D.
Crash (TV series)
Crash is an American drama television series, inspired by the 2004 film of the same name, that explores the intersecting lives and tensions among diverse residents of Los Angeles.
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E.
Bandit Television
Bandit Television is a British television production company known for creating scripted drama and comedy series.
- 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 Brink (TV series) Target entity description: The Brink is a satirical HBO television series that follows U.S. government and military officials scrambling to manage a geopolitical crisis that threatens to trigger World War III.
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A.
The Kill Point (TV miniseries)
The Kill Point is an American crime drama TV miniseries that follows a tense hostage standoff after a botched bank robbery carried out by a group of Iraq War veterans.
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B.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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C.
Life as a House
Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film about a terminally ill man who attempts to rebuild both his dilapidated house and his fractured relationship with his son.
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D.
Crash (TV series)
Crash is an American drama television series, inspired by the 2004 film of the same name, that explores the intersecting lives and tensions among diverse residents of Los Angeles.
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E.
Bandit Television
Bandit Television is a British television production company known for creating scripted drama and comedy series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | 5.1 surround sound ⓘ |
| composer | Antonio Sanchez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Kim Benabib
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roberto Benabib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Jay Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Jay Roach
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Weintraub NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Benabib NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberto Benabib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | none ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Aasif Mandvi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eric Ladin NERFINISHED ⓘ Esai Morales NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoff Pierson NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Black NERFINISHED ⓘ John Larroquette NERFINISHED ⓘ Maribeth Monroe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pablo Schreiber NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeRuntime | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFilming |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
United States foreign policy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
geopolitical crisis ⓘ potential World War III ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Navy fighter pilot
ⓘ
U.S. Secretary of State NERFINISHED ⓘ low-level Foreign Service officer ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 10 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyAiredOn | Sunday night schedule on HBO ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| originalReleaseEnd | 2015-08-23 ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 2015-06-21 ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 1080i ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| productionCompany | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Pakistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | ended ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Brink (TV series) Description of subject: The Brink is a satirical HBO television series that follows U.S. government and military officials scrambling to manage a geopolitical crisis that threatens to trigger World War III.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.