Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs
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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a stylish, street-smart undercover detective and one of the two main protagonists in the 1980s crime drama series Miami Vice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9983828 — 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: Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs Context triple: [Miami Vice, character, Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs]
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A.
Rico Santo
Rico Santo is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Santo.
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B.
Antonio Marquis Reid
Antonio Marquis Reid, better known as L.A. Reid, is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter who has played a major role in shaping contemporary R&B and pop music.
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C.
Armando Anthony Corea
Armando Anthony Corea, better known as Chick Corea, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who helped pioneer jazz fusion.
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D.
Armando Christian Pérez
Armando Christian Pérez is a Cuban-American rapper, singer, and songwriter best known by his stage name Pitbull, recognized for his global pop and dance hits.
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E.
Tico Torres
Tico Torres is an American drummer best known as the longtime percussionist for the rock band Bon Jovi.
- 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: Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs Target entity description: Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a stylish, street-smart undercover detective and one of the two main protagonists in the 1980s crime drama series Miami Vice.
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A.
Rico Santo
Rico Santo is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Santo.
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B.
Antonio Marquis Reid
Antonio Marquis Reid, better known as L.A. Reid, is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter who has played a major role in shaping contemporary R&B and pop music.
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C.
Armando Anthony Corea
Armando Anthony Corea, better known as Chick Corea, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who helped pioneer jazz fusion.
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D.
Armando Christian Pérez
Armando Christian Pérez is a Cuban-American rapper, singer, and songwriter best known by his stage name Pitbull, recognized for his global pop and dance hits.
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E.
Tico Torres
Tico Torres is an American drummer best known as the longtime percussionist for the rock band Bon Jovi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
police detective ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Miami Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Miami-Dade County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
dedicated
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loyal ⓘ street-smart ⓘ stylish ⓘ |
| coProtagonistWith | James "Sonny" Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Anthony Yerkovich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Metro-Dade Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Miami Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Miami Vice, season 1, episode 1 "Brother's Keeper" ⓘ |
| fullName | Ricardo Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| givenName | Ricardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementAgency | Miami Police Vice Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| nickname | Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fashionable clothing
ⓘ
undercover operations against drug traffickers ⓘ |
| occupation |
police officer
ⓘ
undercover detective ⓘ |
| partner | James "Sonny" Crockett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeDepartment | Miami-Dade Police Department Vice Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policeRank | detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Philip Michael Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position | detective ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | live-action television ⓘ |
| relative | Raphael Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenPartner |
Don Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip Michael Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| seriesTitle | Miami Vice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | 1980s Miami ⓘ |
| sibling | Raphael Tubbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | 1980s ⓘ |
| workLocation | Miami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksFor | Vice Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs Description of subject: Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a stylish, street-smart undercover detective and one of the two main protagonists in the 1980s crime drama series Miami Vice.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.