Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World
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Colonel Bradford Taylor in *A Different World* is a disciplined yet caring ROTC commander and math professor at Hillman College who serves as a firm but supportive mentor to the students.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9418970 — 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: Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World Context triple: [Glynn Turman, notableRole, Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World]
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A.
Captain Cassius Calhoun
Captain Cassius Calhoun is a central antagonist in Mayne Reid’s novel "The Headless Horseman," depicted as a scheming, vindictive U.S. Army officer whose jealousy and malice drive much of the story’s conflict.
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B.
Marshall Murdock
Marshall Murdock is a duplicitous U.S. government official in the film "Rambo: First Blood Part II" who oversees and ultimately betrays John Rambo during a covert mission.
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C.
Colonel Blount
Colonel Blount is a comic, old-fashioned military figure in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Vile Bodies," embodying the blustering, out-of-touch attitudes of the older generation.
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D.
Don Galloway
Don Galloway was an American actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown on the television series "Ironside."
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E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- 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: Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World Target entity description: Colonel Bradford Taylor in *A Different World* is a disciplined yet caring ROTC commander and math professor at Hillman College who serves as a firm but supportive mentor to the students.
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A.
Captain Cassius Calhoun
Captain Cassius Calhoun is a central antagonist in Mayne Reid’s novel "The Headless Horseman," depicted as a scheming, vindictive U.S. Army officer whose jealousy and malice drive much of the story’s conflict.
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B.
Marshall Murdock
Marshall Murdock is a duplicitous U.S. government official in the film "Rambo: First Blood Part II" who oversees and ultimately betrays John Rambo during a covert mission.
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C.
Colonel Blount
Colonel Blount is a comic, old-fashioned military figure in Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Vile Bodies," embodying the blustering, out-of-touch attitudes of the older generation.
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D.
Don Galloway
Don Galloway was an American actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown on the television series "Ironside."
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E.
Colonel Osborne
Colonel Osborne is a central character in Anthony Trollope's novel "He Knew He Was Right," known for his flirtatious behavior and the jealousy and marital discord his actions help provoke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Different World ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason |
A Different World season 2
ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
A Different World season 3 ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
A Different World season 4 ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
A Different World season 5 ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
A Different World season 6 ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
|
| branchOfService | United States Army ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
caring
ⓘ
disciplined ⓘ strict ⓘ supportive ⓘ |
| createdFor | A Different World ⓘ |
| employer | Hillman College ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
A Different World season 2
ⓘ
linked to:
A Different World
|
| genreOfWork | television sitcom ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Colonel ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| occupation |
ROTC commander
ⓘ
mathematics professor ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
The Cosby Show franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
The Cosby Show
|
| portrayedBy | Glynn Turman ⓘ |
| relative |
Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor
ⓘ
linked to:
Jaleesa Vinson
|
| roleInFiction | mentor to students ⓘ |
| setting | Hillman College ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor
ⓘ
linked to:
Jaleesa Vinson
|
| teachesProgram | ROTC ⓘ |
| teachesSubject | mathematics ⓘ |
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: Colonel Bradford Taylor in A Different World Description of subject: Colonel Bradford Taylor in *A Different World* is a disciplined yet caring ROTC commander and math professor at Hillman College who serves as a firm but supportive mentor to the students.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.