Gil Grissom
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Gil Grissom is a brilliant, methodical forensic entomologist and crime scene investigator who leads the Las Vegas CSI team in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gil Grissom canonical | 28 |
| Gil Grissom|William Petersen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1746168 — 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: Gil Grissom Context triple: [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, mainCharacter, Gil Grissom]
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A.
Greg Grissom
Greg Grissom is a sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Houston Texans franchise.
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B.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a stoic, highly skilled former Marine sniper and the lead special agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team in the long-running television series "NCIS."
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C.
Elizabeth Watson
Elizabeth Watson is known as the wife of molecular biologist and DNA double-helix co-discoverer James Watson.
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D.
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Wyoming in the early 1960s.
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E.
Martin Beck
Martin Beck was a prominent early 20th-century American theatrical impresario and vaudeville entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Broadway and national theater circuits.
- 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: Gil Grissom Target entity description: Gil Grissom is a brilliant, methodical forensic entomologist and crime scene investigator who leads the Las Vegas CSI team in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
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A.
Greg Grissom
Greg Grissom is a sports executive who serves as the president of the NFL’s Houston Texans franchise.
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B.
Anthony DiNozzo
Anthony DiNozzo is a charismatic, wisecracking former homicide detective who serves as a senior field agent on the hit TV crime drama NCIS.
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C.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a stoic, highly skilled former Marine sniper and the lead special agent of the NCIS Major Case Response Team in the long-running television series "NCIS."
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D.
Elizabeth Watson
Elizabeth Watson is known as the wife of molecular biologist and DNA double-helix co-discoverer James Watson.
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E.
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of Wyoming in the early 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime scene investigator
ⓘ
entomologist ⓘ fictional character ⓘ forensic scientist ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ |
| closeColleague |
Catherine Willows
ⓘ
Jim Brass ⓘ Nick Stokes ⓘ Warrick Brown ⓘ |
| education | PhD in entomology ⓘ |
| employer |
Las Vegas Crime Lab
ⓘ
linked to:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | CSI franchise ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
entomology
ⓘ
forensic science ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
CSI pilot episode
ⓘ
linked to:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation season 1 ⓘ
linked to:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | otosclerosis ⓘ |
| hasTrait | partial hearing loss ⓘ |
| hobby |
collecting insects
ⓘ
reading literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expertise in insects and decomposition
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leadership of the Las Vegas CSI team ⓘ methodical investigative style ⓘ |
| laterAppearance | CSI: Vegas ⓘ |
| mentorOf |
Catherine Willows
ⓘ
Nick Stokes ⓘ Sara Sidle ⓘ Warrick Brown ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableQuoteTheme | Let the evidence speak for itself ⓘ |
| occupation |
college professor
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crime scene investigator ⓘ forensic entomologist ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
analytical
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curious ⓘ emotionally reserved ⓘ introverted ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | William Petersen ⓘ |
| position |
head of the Las Vegas CSI team
ⓘ
supervisor of the Las Vegas Crime Lab night shift ⓘ |
| residence |
Las Vegas
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
| romanticPartner | Sara Sidle ⓘ |
| specialization |
crime scene reconstruction
ⓘ
forensic entomology ⓘ |
| spouse | Sara Sidle ⓘ |
| uses |
forensic evidence analysis tools
ⓘ
microscopes ⓘ |
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: Gil Grissom Description of subject: Gil Grissom is a brilliant, methodical forensic entomologist and crime scene investigator who leads the Las Vegas CSI team in the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gil Grissom
subject linked to:
“Cool Change”
subject linked to:
Nick Stokes – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
subject linked to:
forensic investigator Greg Sanders