Resident Alien (TV series)
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Resident Alien is a comedic science fiction television series about an alien who crash-lands on Earth, assumes a human identity in a small Colorado town, and gradually becomes conflicted about his secret mission to destroy humanity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Resident Alien | 6 |
| Resident Alien (TV series) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4820425 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Resident Alien (TV series) Context triple: [Mike Richardson, notableWork, Resident Alien (TV series)]
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A.
Resident Aliens
Resident Aliens is a influential theological book by Stanley Hauerwas (with William H. Willimon) that argues the church should live as a distinct, countercultural community within contemporary society.
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B.
The Orville
The Orville is a science fiction comedy-drama television series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane that parodies and pays homage to classic space exploration shows like Star Trek.
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C.
For All Mankind
For All Mankind is an alternate-history science fiction drama series that imagines a world where the global space race never ended, exploring decades of political and personal consequences.
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D.
The Last Man on Earth (TV series)
The Last Man on Earth is a post-apocalyptic comedy television series that follows an eccentric survivor navigating loneliness, relationships, and absurd situations after a virus seemingly wipes out humanity.
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E.
The Resident (TV series)
The Resident is an American medical drama television series that follows the personal and professional challenges of doctors and staff at a fictional Atlanta hospital, exploring the darker side of modern healthcare.
- 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: Resident Alien (TV series) Target entity description: Resident Alien is a comedic science fiction television series about an alien who crash-lands on Earth, assumes a human identity in a small Colorado town, and gradually becomes conflicted about his secret mission to destroy humanity.
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A.
Resident Aliens
Resident Aliens is a influential theological book by Stanley Hauerwas (with William H. Willimon) that argues the church should live as a distinct, countercultural community within contemporary society.
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B.
The Orville
The Orville is a science fiction comedy-drama television series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane that parodies and pays homage to classic space exploration shows like Star Trek.
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C.
For All Mankind
For All Mankind is an alternate-history science fiction drama series that imagines a world where the global space race never ended, exploring decades of political and personal consequences.
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D.
The Last Man on Earth (TV series)
The Last Man on Earth is a post-apocalyptic comedy television series that follows an eccentric survivor navigating loneliness, relationships, and absurd situations after a virus seemingly wipes out humanity.
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E.
The Resident (TV series)
The Resident is an American medical drama television series that follows the personal and professional challenges of doctors and staff at a fictional Atlanta hospital, exploring the darker side of modern healthcare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy television series
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science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Resident Alien (comic book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy |
Peter Hogan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Parkhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Joe Wong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Chris Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
streaming video on demand
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television broadcast ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.syfy.com/resident-alien ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fish-out-of-water story
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identity ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| leadActor | Alan Tudyk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Harry Vanderspeigle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkType | cable television ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 30+ ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Syfy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| pilotAirDate | 2021-01-27 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
alien becomes conflicted about mission
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alien sent to destroy humanity ⓘ |
| plotSummary | an alien crash-lands on Earth and assumes the identity of a doctor in a small Colorado town ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Amblin Television
NERFINISHED
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Jocko Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Content Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Harry Vanderspeigle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | alien posing as a small-town Colorado doctor ⓘ |
| runningTimePerEpisode | approximately 44 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Patience, Colorado (fictional town) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alice Wetterlund
NERFINISHED
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Corey Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana Bang NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Bowen NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Farmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Judah Prehn NERFINISHED ⓘ Levi Fiehler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandell Maughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Meredith Garretson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Tomko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adults ⓘ |
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: Resident Alien (TV series) Description of subject: Resident Alien is a comedic science fiction television series about an alien who crash-lands on Earth, assumes a human identity in a small Colorado town, and gradually becomes conflicted about his secret mission to destroy humanity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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