Basin City Police Department
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The Basin City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in the fictional, crime-ridden city of Basin City featured in Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels and their film adaptations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basin City Police Department canonical | 5 |
| Basin City Police Headquarters (fictional) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9801353 — 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)
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Target entity: Basin City Police Department Context triple: [Basin City, notableLocation, Basin City Police Department]
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A.
Central City Police Department
The Central City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in DC Comics’ Central City, frequently featured in The Flash stories as the workplace of various officers and detectives.
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B.
Surprise Police Department
The Surprise Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws in the city of Surprise, Arizona.
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C.
Picayune Police Department
The Picayune Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the city of Picayune, Mississippi.
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D.
Apex Police Department
The Apex Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and crime prevention within the town of Apex, North Carolina.
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E.
Piedmont Police Department
The Piedmont Police Department is the local law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws within the city of Piedmont.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Basin City Police Department Target entity description: The Basin City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in the fictional, crime-ridden city of Basin City featured in Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels and their film adaptations.
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A.
Central City Police Department
The Central City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in DC Comics’ Central City, frequently featured in The Flash stories as the workplace of various officers and detectives.
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B.
Surprise Police Department
The Surprise Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws in the city of Surprise, Arizona.
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C.
Picayune Police Department
The Picayune Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the city of Picayune, Mississippi.
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D.
Apex Police Department
The Apex Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and crime prevention within the town of Apex, North Carolina.
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E.
Piedmont Police Department
The Piedmont Police Department is the local law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws within the city of Piedmont.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional police department ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Sin City (2005 film)
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linked to:
Sin City
Sin City (comic series) ⓘ Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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| conflictsWith |
Old Town prostitutes
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various Basin City criminal factions ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States of America (fictional setting)
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linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
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| creator | Frank Miller ⓘ |
| employs |
Commissioner (Basin City Police Commissioner)
ⓘ
Jack Rafferty ⓘ John Hartigan ⓘ Lieutenant Liebowitz ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Sin City
ⓘ
linked to:
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
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| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ |
| governsArea | Old Town (Basin City) ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Basin City Police Headquarters (fictional)
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linked to:
Basin City Police Department
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| hasMemberRank |
commissioner
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detective ⓘ lieutenant ⓘ police officer ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
police corruption
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urban decay ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ |
| inception | early 1990s (first appearance in Sin City comics) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Basin City ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium |
feature film
ⓘ
graphic novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | antagonistic institution ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
brutal policing methods
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close ties to organized crime ⓘ widespread corruption ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Jack Rafferty
ⓘ
John Hartigan ⓘ |
| partOf | Basin City government ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
black-and-white visual style with selective color
ⓘ
live-action film ⓘ |
| role | primary law enforcement agency in Basin City ⓘ |
| settingOf |
That Yellow Bastard (Sin City story arc)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
The Big Fat Kill (Sin City story arc) ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Fat Kill
The Hard Goodbye (Sin City story arc) ⓘ
linked to:
The Hard Goodbye
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Basin City Police Department Description of subject: The Basin City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in the fictional, crime-ridden city of Basin City featured in Frank Miller’s Sin City graphic novels and their film adaptations.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Basin City Police Department
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hasHeadquartersLocation
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Basin City Police Headquarters (fictional)
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linked to: Basin City Police Department
subject linked to:
Basin City (Sin City)
subject linked to:
Basin City (Sin City)