Josh Folsom
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Josh Folsom is a central crime-scene investigator character in the television series CSI: Vegas, known for his hands-on fieldwork and complex personal backstory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Josh Folsom canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8514772 — 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: Josh Folsom Context triple: [CSI: Vegas, mainCharacter, Josh Folsom]
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A.
Jason Frasor
Jason Frasor is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his long tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays and key bullpen roles for several playoff teams.
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B.
Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
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C.
Jim Gilstrap
Jim Gilstrap is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his session work and for singing the male lead vocal on the theme song to the television show "Good Times."
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D.
Dan Knechtges
Dan Knechtges is an American director and choreographer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals.
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E.
Josh Futturman
Josh Futturman is the slacker janitor-turned-time-traveling hero played by Josh Hutcherson in the sci-fi comedy series "Future Man."
- 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: Josh Folsom Target entity description: Josh Folsom is a central crime-scene investigator character in the television series CSI: Vegas, known for his hands-on fieldwork and complex personal backstory.
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A.
Jason Frasor
Jason Frasor is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known for his long tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays and key bullpen roles for several playoff teams.
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B.
Bryan Foy
Bryan Foy was an American film producer and director, known as one of the pioneering figures of early sound cinema at Warner Bros.
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C.
Jim Gilstrap
Jim Gilstrap is an American soul and R&B singer best known for his session work and for singing the male lead vocal on the theme song to the television show "Good Times."
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D.
Dan Knechtges
Dan Knechtges is an American director and choreographer known for his work on numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals.
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E.
Josh Futturman
Josh Futturman is the slacker janitor-turned-time-traveling hero played by Josh Hutcherson in the sci-fi comedy series "Future Man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | CSI: Vegas ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | television series ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | CSI franchise ⓘ |
| characterType | field investigator ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employer | Las Vegas Crime Lab ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | CSI: Vegas ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central character
ⓘ
main character ⓘ |
| hasSkill |
crime scene analysis
ⓘ
evidence collection ⓘ forensic investigation ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
dedicated
ⓘ
emotionally complex ⓘ hands-on ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex personal backstory
ⓘ
hands-on fieldwork ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| occupation | crime scene investigator ⓘ |
| partOf | CSI: Vegas main cast ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
CSI universe
ⓘ
linked to:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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| portrayedBy | Matt Lauria ⓘ |
| setting |
Las Vegas
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| worksFor |
Las Vegas Police Department
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
|
| worksIn |
Las Vegas
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
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: Josh Folsom Description of subject: Josh Folsom is a central crime-scene investigator character in the television series CSI: Vegas, known for his hands-on fieldwork and complex personal backstory.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.