Farmington, Los Angeles
E1031635
Farmington, Los Angeles is the fictional Los Angeles Police Department division featured in the TV series "The Shield," where corrupt detective Vic Mackey works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farmington, Los Angeles canonical | 7 |
| Farmington, Los Angeles (fictional district) | 3 |
| Los Angeles (fictionalized Farmington area) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13258003 — 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: Farmington, Los Angeles Context triple: [Vic Mackey, workLocation, Farmington, Los Angeles]
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A.
Farmington, California
Farmington, California is a small unincorporated rural community in San Joaquin County known for its agricultural surroundings and location along a key east–west route in the Central Valley.
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B.
Farmington
Farmington is a small unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, situated in the state’s Central Valley.
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C.
Farmington
Farmington is a city in northwestern New Mexico known as a regional hub for energy production and outdoor recreation near the Four Corners area.
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D.
Farmington
Farmington is a small city in Davis County, Utah, known as a suburban community between Salt Lake City and Ogden and as the home of the Lagoon amusement park.
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E.
Shafter
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
- 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: Farmington, Los Angeles Target entity description: Farmington, Los Angeles is the fictional Los Angeles Police Department division featured in the TV series "The Shield," where corrupt detective Vic Mackey works.
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A.
Farmington, California
Farmington, California is a small unincorporated rural community in San Joaquin County known for its agricultural surroundings and location along a key east–west route in the Central Valley.
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B.
Farmington
Farmington is a small unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California, situated in the state’s Central Valley.
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C.
Farmington
Farmington is a small city in Davis County, Utah, known as a suburban community between Salt Lake City and Ogden and as the home of the Lagoon amusement park.
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D.
Farmington
Farmington is a city in northwestern New Mexico known as a regional hub for energy production and outdoor recreation near the Four Corners area.
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E.
Shafter
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional Los Angeles Police Department division
ⓘ
fictional place ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Shield ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
institutional corruption
ⓘ
moral ambiguity in law enforcement ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| associatedWithUnit | Strike Team ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForWorkBy | Shawn Ryan ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInEpisode |
The Shield, Season 1 Episode 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Pilot episode of The Shield
|
| genreContext |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasBuildingNickname | The Barn ⓘ |
| hasFictionalJurisdictionOver | Farmington neighborhood ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Farmington Division
ⓘ
The Barn ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real LAPD divisions (unspecified) ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| mainCharacterWorksHere |
Claudette Wyms
ⓘ
Danielle Sofer ⓘ
linked to:
Danielle "Danny" Sofer
David Aceveda ⓘ Dutch Wagenbach ⓘ Lemansky ⓘ Ronnie Gardocki ⓘ Shane Vendrell ⓘ Vic Mackey ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | television series ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalWork | FX ⓘ |
| policeForce | Los Angeles Police Department (fictional division) ⓘ |
| policeStationType | converted church (fictional) ⓘ |
| settingFor |
Strike Team operations
ⓘ
gang crime investigations ⓘ narcotics investigations ⓘ police corruption storylines ⓘ political corruption plots ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfDepiction | early 2000s ⓘ |
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: Farmington, Los Angeles Description of subject: Farmington, Los Angeles is the fictional Los Angeles Police Department division featured in the TV series "The Shield," where corrupt detective Vic Mackey works.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Farmington, Los Angeles
linked to: Farmington, Los Angeles
subject linked to:
Detective Curtis Lemansky
linked to: Farmington, Los Angeles
subject linked to:
Detective Ronnie Gardocki
linked to: Farmington, Los Angeles