Howard Silk in Counterpart
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Howard Silk in Counterpart is the mild-mannered UN bureaucrat who discovers a parallel world and his hardened doppelgänger, driving the show's central espionage and identity conflicts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Howard Silk in Counterpart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10199686 — 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: Howard Silk in Counterpart Context triple: [Jonathan Kimble Simmons, characterRole, Howard Silk in Counterpart]
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A.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
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B.
Sam Coulson
Sam Coulson is an English rock guitarist best known for joining the progressive rock band Asia in the 2010s.
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C.
CIA officer Jacob Esterline
Jacob Esterline was a senior CIA officer best known for helping plan and oversee covert Cold War operations, including the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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D.
Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger is an American former child actor best known for playing Tom Hanks’s young son in the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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E.
Harold Finch
Harold Finch is a reclusive billionaire software genius who secretly built a surveillance AI to prevent violent crimes in the TV series "Person of Interest."
- 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: Howard Silk in Counterpart Target entity description: Howard Silk in Counterpart is the mild-mannered UN bureaucrat who discovers a parallel world and his hardened doppelgänger, driving the show's central espionage and identity conflicts.
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A.
Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-creator and former CEO of the pioneering social networking site MySpace.
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B.
Sam Coulson
Sam Coulson is an English rock guitarist best known for joining the progressive rock band Asia in the 2010s.
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C.
CIA officer Jacob Esterline
Jacob Esterline was a senior CIA officer best known for helping plan and oversee covert Cold War operations, including the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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D.
Ross Malinger
Ross Malinger is an American former child actor best known for playing Tom Hanks’s young son in the romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle."
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E.
Harold Finch
Harold Finch is a reclusive billionaire software genius who secretly built a surveillance AI to prevent violent crimes in the TV series "Person of Interest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Counterpart
ⓘ
linked to:
Counterpart (TV series)
Counterpart ⓘ
linked to:
Counterpart (TV series)
|
| centralTo |
espionage plot in Counterpart
ⓘ
identity conflicts in Counterpart ⓘ |
| characterType | protagonist ⓘ |
| counterpartVersion | Prime world Howard Silk ⓘ |
| createdBy | Justin Marks ⓘ |
| discovers | parallel world ⓘ |
| employer | Office of Interchange ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Counterpart, Season 1 Episode 1 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDoppelganger |
Howard Silk
ⓘ
Howard Silk (Other) ⓘ
linked to:
Howard Silk
|
| involvedIn |
covert operations
ⓘ
interdimensional espionage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | Emily Silk ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network |
Starz
ⓘ
linked to:
Starz Entertainment
|
| occupation |
UN bureaucrat
ⓘ
intelligence operative ⓘ |
| personality |
hardened
ⓘ
mild-mannered ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
J. K. Simmons
ⓘ
linked to:
J.K. Simmons
J. K. Simmons ⓘ
linked to:
J.K. Simmons
|
| residence | Berlin ⓘ |
| seriesGenre |
espionage
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| skill | code transmission ⓘ |
| trait | non-confrontational ⓘ |
| universe |
Counterpart universe
ⓘ
Other world in Counterpart ⓘ |
| worksAt | United Nations agency front ⓘ |
| worksIn | Interface department ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Howard Silk in Counterpart Description of subject: Howard Silk in Counterpart is the mild-mannered UN bureaucrat who discovers a parallel world and his hardened doppelgänger, driving the show's central espionage and identity conflicts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.