Kristy Swanson
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Kristy Swanson is an American actress best known for originating the title role in the 1992 film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and appearing in numerous films and television shows since the 1980s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kristy Swanson canonical | 6 |
| Kristen Noel Swanson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3858618 — 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: Kristy Swanson Context triple: [Big Daddy, starring, Kristy Swanson]
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A.
Arielle Kebbel
Arielle Kebbel is an American actress and former model known for her roles in film and television series such as "The Vampire Diaries," "Gilmore Girls," and various romantic comedies and dramas.
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B.
Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts is an American actress and singer known for her roles in films like "Nancy Drew" and TV series such as "American Horror Story" and "Scream Queens."
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C.
Kate Bosworth
Kate Bosworth is an American actress best known for her roles in films such as "Blue Crush" and "Superman Returns."
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D.
Dylan Penn
Dylan Penn is an American model and actress, known for her work in fashion campaigns and film roles as well as being the daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright.
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E.
Krysten Ritter
Krysten Ritter is an American actress and former model best known for her roles in television series such as "Jessica Jones," "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," and various film and TV projects.
- 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: Kristy Swanson Target entity description: Kristy Swanson is an American actress best known for originating the title role in the 1992 film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and appearing in numerous films and television shows since the 1980s.
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A.
Arielle Kebbel
Arielle Kebbel is an American actress and former model known for her roles in film and television series such as "The Vampire Diaries," "Gilmore Girls," and various romantic comedies and dramas.
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B.
Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts is an American actress and singer known for her roles in films like "Nancy Drew" and TV series such as "American Horror Story" and "Scream Queens."
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C.
Kate Bosworth
Kate Bosworth is an American actress best known for her roles in films such as "Blue Crush" and "Superman Returns."
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D.
Dylan Penn
Dylan Penn is an American model and actress, known for her work in fashion campaigns and film roles as well as being the daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright.
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E.
Krysten Ritter
Krysten Ritter is an American actress and former model best known for her roles in television series such as "Jessica Jones," "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23," and various film and TV projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| birthName |
Kristy Swanson
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kristen Noel Swanson
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-12-19 ⓘ |
| familyName | Swanson ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ drama film ⓘ horror film ⓘ |
| givenName | Kristen ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Kristy Swanson self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Kristy Swanson self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor | originating the title role in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Daddy
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Daddy (1999 film)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 film) ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ
surface form:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
Dude, Where's My Car? ⓘ
surface form:
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000 film)
Early Edition ⓘ
surface form:
Early Edition (TV series)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⓘ
surface form:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986 film)
Flowers in the Attic ⓘ
surface form:
Flowers in the Attic (1987 film)
Higher Learning (1995 film) ⓘ Hot Shots! ⓘ
surface form:
Hot Shots! (1991 film)
Knots Landing ⓘ
surface form:
Knots Landing (TV series)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent ⓘ
surface form:
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
One Tree Hill ⓘ
surface form:
One Tree Hill (TV series)
Pretty in Pink ⓘ
surface form:
Pretty in Pink (1986 film)
Psych (TV series) ⓘ The Chase (1994 film) ⓘ The Phantom (1996 film) ⓘ The Program (1993 film) ⓘ What If... ⓘ
surface form:
What If... (2010 film)
|
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mission Viejo, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Mission Viejo, California, United States
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| portrayed | Buffy Summers ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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: Kristy Swanson Description of subject: Kristy Swanson is an American actress best known for originating the title role in the 1992 film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and appearing in numerous films and television shows since the 1980s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Flowers in the Attic (1987 film)
this entity surface form:
Kristen Noel Swanson
subject surface form:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 film)