Henry Thomas
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Henry Thomas is an American actor best known for his childhood role as Elliott in the classic science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Thomas canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2461932 — 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: Henry Thomas Context triple: [E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, stars, Henry Thomas]
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A.
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton is an American actor best known for winning an Academy Award for his role in the film "Ordinary People" and for starring in the television series "Leverage."
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B.
Oliver Hudson
Oliver Hudson is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Rules of Engagement," "Nashville," and "Scream Queens."
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C.
David Morse
David Morse is an American character actor known for his tall, imposing presence and roles in films such as The Green Mile, The Hurt Locker, and television series like St. Elsewhere.
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D.
Benjamin Dreyfuss
Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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E.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
- 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: Henry Thomas Target entity description: Henry Thomas is an American actor best known for his childhood role as Elliott in the classic science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
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A.
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton is an American actor best known for winning an Academy Award for his role in the film "Ordinary People" and for starring in the television series "Leverage."
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B.
Oliver Hudson
Oliver Hudson is an American actor known for his roles in television series such as "Rules of Engagement," "Nashville," and "Scream Queens."
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C.
David Morse
David Morse is an American character actor known for his tall, imposing presence and roles in films such as The Green Mile, The Hurt Locker, and television series like St. Elsewhere.
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D.
Benjamin Dreyfuss
Benjamin Dreyfuss is an American journalist and actor, known both for his work in media and as the son of Academy Award–winning actor Richard Dreyfuss.
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E.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in films like "The Ring" and "Everest" and TV series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Virgin River."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Young Artist Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Young Artist Award nomination
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Netflix, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Netflix (for The Haunting of Bly Manor)
Netflix, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Netflix (for The Haunting of Hill House)
|
| familyName | Thomas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
ⓘ
television acting ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction film (notable early work) ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith |
Brad Pitt
ⓘ
Leonardo DiCaprio ⓘ Mike Flanagan ⓘ Steven Spielberg ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Henry Thomas self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying the child protagonist Elliott in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Doctor Sleep
ⓘ
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ Gangs of New York ⓘ Gerald's Game ⓘ Legends of the Fall ⓘ Ouija ⓘ
surface form:
Ouija: Origin of Evil
The Haunting of Bly Manor ⓘ
surface form:
The Haunting of Bly Manor (TV series)
The Haunting of Hill House ⓘ
surface form:
The Haunting of Hill House (TV series)
|
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| partOf |
cast of Doctor Sleep
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cast of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ cast of Gangs of New York ⓘ cast of Gerald's Game ⓘ cast of Legends of the Fall ⓘ cast of Ouija: Origin of Evil ⓘ cast of The Haunting of Bly Manor ⓘ cast of The Haunting of Hill House ⓘ |
| role |
Elliott
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surface form:
Elliott in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
| workLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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: Henry Thomas Description of subject: Henry Thomas is an American actor best known for his childhood role as Elliott in the classic science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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subject surface form:
The Fall of the House of Usher (TV series)