K-9
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K-9 is a robotic dog from the Doctor Who universe, known as a loyal, intelligent companion equipped with advanced technology and weaponry.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| K-9 canonical | 25 |
| K9 | 8 |
| K-9 Mark II | 5 |
| K-9 Mark I | 3 |
| K-9 (TV series) | 2 |
| K-9 Mark IV | 2 |
| K-9 (Doctor Who character) | 1 |
| K-9 Mark III | 1 |
| K-9 in Doctor Who | 1 |
| K-9 spin-off media | 1 |
| K9 Mark II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T566263 — 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: K-9 Context triple: [The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuresCharacter, K-9]
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A.
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
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B.
K-9 Unit
The K-9 Unit is a specialized police division that uses trained dogs to assist officers in tasks such as tracking suspects, detecting drugs or explosives, and conducting search and rescue operations.
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C.
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film inspired by real-life events surrounding a kidnapping and murder case, featuring Anton Yelchin in a prominent role.
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D.
Buck
Buck is a surname most prominently associated with American sportscaster Joe Buck, known for his play-by-play commentary on major baseball and football broadcasts.
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E.
Rascal
Rascal is the furry, family-friendly mascot of the West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball team, entertaining fans at games and community events.
- 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: K-9 Target entity description: K-9 is a robotic dog from the Doctor Who universe, known as a loyal, intelligent companion equipped with advanced technology and weaponry.
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A.
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
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B.
K-9 Unit
The K-9 Unit is a specialized police division that uses trained dogs to assist officers in tasks such as tracking suspects, detecting drugs or explosives, and conducting search and rescue operations.
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C.
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama film inspired by real-life events surrounding a kidnapping and murder case, featuring Anton Yelchin in a prominent role.
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D.
Buck
Buck is a surname most prominently associated with American sportscaster Joe Buck, known for his play-by-play commentary on major baseball and football broadcasts.
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E.
Rascal
Rascal is the furry, family-friendly mascot of the West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball team, entertaining fans at games and community events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who character
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fictional robot ⓘ robotic dog ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| alignment | good ⓘ |
| catchphrase |
Affirmative
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Negative ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
intelligent
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logical ⓘ loyal ⓘ obedient ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | formal ⓘ |
| companionOf |
Fourth Doctor
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Leela ⓘ Romana ⓘ Sarah Jane Smith ⓘ |
| creatorInUniverse | Professor Marius ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceSerial | The Invisible Enemy ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
advanced computation
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communication ⓘ data analysis ⓘ database access ⓘ scientific scanning ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
computer interface
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laser weapon ⓘ sensor array ⓘ voice synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
K-9 Mark I
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linked to:
K-9
K-9 Mark II ⓘ
linked to:
K-9
K-9 Mark III ⓘ
linked to:
K-9
K-9 Mark IV ⓘ
linked to:
K-9
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| loyalty |
Doctor’s companions
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The Doctor ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| origin | space station Bi-Al Foundation ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | prop operators ⓘ |
| role |
assistant
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companion ⓘ defender ⓘ |
| species | robot dog ⓘ |
| spinoffAppearance |
K-9 (TV series)
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linked to:
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company ⓘ The Sarah Jane Adventures ⓘ |
| universe | Doctor Who ⓘ |
| voicedBy |
David Brierley
ⓘ
John Leeson ⓘ |
| weaponType | nose-mounted laser ⓘ |
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: K-9 Description of subject: K-9 is a robotic dog from the Doctor Who universe, known as a loyal, intelligent companion equipped with advanced technology and weaponry.
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Doctor Who story "Shada"
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