Buddy Faro
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Buddy Faro is a short-lived late-1990s American television series about a legendary private detective who returns from years in hiding to reopen his investigative agency.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buddy Faro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9998798 — 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: Buddy Faro Context triple: [Dennis Farina, notableWork, Buddy Faro]
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A.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo is a tough, streetwise New York City narcotics detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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B.
Buddy MacMaster
Buddy MacMaster was a renowned Canadian Cape Breton fiddler celebrated for preserving and popularizing traditional Scottish-influenced fiddle music.
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C.
Fayard
Fayard is a prominent French publishing house known for its literary works, essays, and non-fiction titles.
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D.
Bugs Moran
Bugs Moran was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger in Chicago during the Prohibition era, best known as a rival of Al Capone and a target of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
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E.
Johnny "Drama" Chase
Johnny "Drama" Chase is a fictional, washed-up yet loyal and comically insecure actor best known as the older half-brother of Vincent Chase on the television series Entourage.
- 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: Buddy Faro Target entity description: Buddy Faro is a short-lived late-1990s American television series about a legendary private detective who returns from years in hiding to reopen his investigative agency.
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A.
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo is a tough, streetwise New York City narcotics detective who partners with Popeye Doyle in the crime thriller film "The French Connection."
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B.
Buddy MacMaster
Buddy MacMaster was a renowned Canadian Cape Breton fiddler celebrated for preserving and popularizing traditional Scottish-influenced fiddle music.
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C.
Fayard
Fayard is a prominent French publishing house known for its literary works, essays, and non-fiction titles.
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D.
Bugs Moran
Bugs Moran was a notorious American gangster and bootlegger in Chicago during the Prohibition era, best known as a rival of Al Capone and a target of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre.
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E.
Johnny "Drama" Chase
Johnny "Drama" Chase is a fictional, washed-up yet loyal and comically insecure actor best known as the older half-brother of Vincent Chase on the television series Entourage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | live-action ⓘ |
| composer | Steve Dorff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Mark Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | December 18, 1998 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Howard Braunstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael R. Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1998 ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama television series
ⓘ
detective television series ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Buddy Faro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Buddy Faro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| originalRunStatus | short-lived ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
NTSC color television standard
ⓘ
surface form:
NTSC
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| plotSummary | A legendary private detective returns from years in hiding to reopen his investigative agency. ⓘ |
| productionCompany | New World Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Allison Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Smitrovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Farina NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Whaley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | September 25, 1998 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Buddy Faro Description of subject: Buddy Faro is a short-lived late-1990s American television series about a legendary private detective who returns from years in hiding to reopen his investigative agency.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.