Mark Benford
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Mark Benford is the troubled FBI agent protagonist of the science fiction series "FlashForward," tasked with investigating the global blackout and deciphering his own ominous vision of the future.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Benford canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10194466 — 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: Mark Benford Context triple: [FlashForward, mainCharacter, Mark Benford]
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A.
Mike Bennion
Mike Bennion is a musician best known for having been an early member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree.
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B.
Michael Dodson
Michael Dodson is a British mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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C.
Brett Hedblom
Brett Hedblom is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the Netflix drama series "Maid."
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D.
Brian Fresco
Brian Fresco is a Chicago-based rapper known as a member of the SaveMoney collective alongside artists like Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa.
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E.
Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
- 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: Mark Benford Target entity description: Mark Benford is the troubled FBI agent protagonist of the science fiction series "FlashForward," tasked with investigating the global blackout and deciphering his own ominous vision of the future.
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A.
Mike Bennion
Mike Bennion is a musician best known for having been an early member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree.
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B.
Michael Dodson
Michael Dodson is a British mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and Diophantine approximation.
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C.
Brett Hedblom
Brett Hedblom is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the Netflix drama series "Maid."
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D.
Brian Fresco
Brian Fresco is a Chicago-based rapper known as a member of the SaveMoney collective alongside artists like Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa.
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E.
Mitch Rouse
Mitch Rouse is an American actor, comedian, and writer known for his work in film and television, including co-creating the series "Strangers with Candy" and appearing in numerous comedic roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | FlashForward ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | science fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | concept from the novel Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
alcoholism struggle
ⓘ
determined ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| child | Charlie Benford ⓘ |
| conflictType |
external conflict with unknown conspirators
ⓘ
internal struggle with addiction ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| employer | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| eventExperienced | global blackout ⓘ |
| familyName |
Benford
ⓘ
linked to:
Newcomb–Benford law
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| firstAppearance | FlashForward, season 1, episode 1 ⓘ |
| fullName | Mark Benford ⓘ |
| genreElement |
conspiracy thriller
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premonition of the future ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasVisionOfFuture | ominous future involving his work and family ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
future vision mystery
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global blackout investigation ⓘ |
| network | ABC ⓘ |
| occupation | FBI agent ⓘ |
| plotDevice | mosaic board of blackout visions ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Joseph Fiennes ⓘ |
| position | special agent ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
prevent the future he saw in his vision
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uncover the cause of the global blackout ⓘ |
| relative |
Charlie Benford
ⓘ
Olivia Benford ⓘ |
| role | protagonist ⓘ |
| seriesCreator |
Brannon Braga
ⓘ
David S. Goyer ⓘ |
| settingCity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| spouse | Olivia Benford ⓘ |
| teamMember |
Demetri Noh
ⓘ
Janis Hawk ⓘ Stanford Wedeck ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | near future of the late 2000s ⓘ |
| worksAt | Los Angeles FBI field office ⓘ |
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: Mark Benford Description of subject: Mark Benford is the troubled FBI agent protagonist of the science fiction series "FlashForward," tasked with investigating the global blackout and deciphering his own ominous vision of the future.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.