David Starsky
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David Starsky is a fictional, streetwise and energetic undercover detective from the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch," known for his close partnership with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and their iconic red Ford Gran Torino.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Starsky canonical | 9 |
| David Michael Starsky | 1 |
| David Starsky (Starsky & Hutch TV series character) | 1 |
| Starsky | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3564586 — 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: David Starsky Context triple: [Starsky & Hutch, character, David Starsky]
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A.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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B.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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C.
Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan is a fictional tough, rule-bending San Francisco police inspector famously portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" film series.
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D.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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E.
Lawanson
Lawanson is a residential and commercial neighborhood located within the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria.
- 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: David Starsky Target entity description: David Starsky is a fictional, streetwise and energetic undercover detective from the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch," known for his close partnership with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and their iconic red Ford Gran Torino.
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A.
Don Flack
Don Flack is a tough, street-smart NYPD homicide detective featured as a central character in the television series CSI: NY.
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B.
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy is a classic American comic-strip detective character known for his distinctive yellow trench coat, two-way wrist radio, and crime-fighting adventures against colorful villains.
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C.
Harry Callahan
Harry Callahan is a fictional tough, rule-bending San Francisco police inspector famously portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the "Dirty Harry" film series.
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D.
Peter Masterson
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer best known for co-writing and co-directing the film adaptation of the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."
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E.
Lawanson
Lawanson is a residential and commercial neighborhood located within the Surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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television character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Starsky & Hutch (2004 film)
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linked to:
Starsky & Hutch
|
| appearsIn | Starsky & Hutch ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | television series ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
energetic
ⓘ
loyal ⓘ streetwise ⓘ tough ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | William Blinn ⓘ |
| drives |
Ford Gran Torino
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Torino
|
| familyBackground | Brooklyn, New York (in backstory) ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Starsky & Hutch universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Starsky & Hutch
|
| firstAppearance |
Starsky & Hutch (1975 TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
Starsky & Hutch
|
| franchise |
Starsky & Hutch franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Starsky & Hutch
|
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasAppearanceType | live-action ⓘ |
| hasClothingStyle | casual 1970s streetwear ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Jewish (implied in backstory) ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Ken Hutch Hutchinson
ⓘ
linked to:
Ken Hutchinson
|
| hasFullName |
David Michael Starsky
ⓘ
linked to:
David Starsky
|
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasHairColor | dark brown ⓘ |
| hasNickname |
Starsky
ⓘ
linked to:
David Starsky
|
| hasPartner |
Ken Hutch Hutchinson
ⓘ
linked to:
Ken Hutchinson
|
| hasWeapon | handgun ⓘ |
| knownFor |
close partnership with Ken Hutch Hutchinson
ⓘ
driving a red Ford Gran Torino ⓘ streetwise policing style ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | co-protagonist ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalSeries | ABC ⓘ |
| notableRelationship | Huggy Bear ⓘ |
| occupation |
police detective
ⓘ
undercover detective ⓘ |
| originalAirDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| partnerVehicle |
Ken Hutch Hutchinson’s Ford Galaxie 500 (later Ford LTD) (in some episodes)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Galaxie
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| policeRank | detective ⓘ |
| policeStatus | undercover ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Ben Stiller
ⓘ
Paul Michael Glaser ⓘ |
| settingEra | 1970s ⓘ |
| vehicleColor |
red Ford Gran Torino
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford Torino
|
| vehicleFeature | white vector stripe ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bay City ⓘ |
| worksFor |
Bay City Police Department
ⓘ
linked to:
Jump City Police Department
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David Starsky Description of subject: David Starsky is a fictional, streetwise and energetic undercover detective from the 1970s television series "Starsky & Hutch," known for his close partnership with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and their iconic red Ford Gran Torino.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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