Captain Adam Greer

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fictional character television character

Captain Adam Greer is the tough but compassionate police lieutenant who mentors and supervises the young undercover cops in the television series "The Mod Squad."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Captain Adam Greer canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9568146 — 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: Captain Adam Greer
Context triple: [The Mod Squad, mainCharacter, Captain Adam Greer]

A. Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
B. Captain James Deakins
Captain James Deakins is a senior NYPD officer who oversees the Major Case Squad on the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
C. Captain Frank Camparelli
Captain Frank Camparelli is a fictional U.S. Navy officer character, best known as the commanding submarine captain in the film "The Beast of War" (also known as "The Beast").
D. Captain Dan Weaver
Captain Dan Weaver is a central military leader in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for commanding the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment in humanity’s resistance against an alien invasion.
E. Captain Ed Mercer
Captain Ed Mercer is the central human protagonist and commanding officer of the exploratory starship USS Orville in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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: Captain Adam Greer
Target entity description: Captain Adam Greer is the tough but compassionate police lieutenant who mentors and supervises the young undercover cops in the television series "The Mod Squad."

A. Captain Daniel Gregg
Captain Daniel Gregg is the gruff yet charming sea captain whose ghost forms an unlikely, romantic bond with a young widow in the classic story "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir."
B. Captain James Deakins
Captain James Deakins is a senior NYPD officer who oversees the Major Case Squad on the television series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."
C. Captain Frank Camparelli
Captain Frank Camparelli is a fictional U.S. Navy officer character, best known as the commanding submarine captain in the film "The Beast of War" (also known as "The Beast").
D. Captain Dan Weaver
Captain Dan Weaver is a central military leader in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies," known for commanding the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment in humanity’s resistance against an alien invasion.
E. Captain Ed Mercer
Captain Ed Mercer is the central human protagonist and commanding officer of the exploratory starship USS Orville in the science-fiction comedy-drama series "The Orville."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (24)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ television character ⓘ
appearsIn	The Mod Squad ⓘ
countryOfWork	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdFor	The Mod Squad ⓘ
format	live-action television ⓘ
genreOfWork	crime drama ⓘ police procedural ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	television series ⓘ
narrativeFunction	authority figure ⓘ mentor figure ⓘ
occupation	police lieutenant ⓘ
role	mentor to young undercover cops ⓘ
setting	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
supervises	Julie Barnes ⓘ Linc Hayes ⓘ Pete Cochran ⓘ undercover cops ⓘ
trait	compassionate ⓘ tough ⓘ
universe	The Mod Squad universe ⓘ linked to: The Mod Squad
worksFor	police department ⓘ