Richard Farnsworth
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Richard Farnsworth was an American actor and former stuntman best known for his understated, dignified performances in films such as "The Straight Story" and "Comes a Horseman."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Farnsworth canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4873577 — 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: Richard Farnsworth Context triple: [Resurrection (1980 film), starring, Richard Farnsworth]
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A.
Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern is an acclaimed American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "Nebraska," "Coming Home," and numerous collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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B.
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
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C.
Robert Parrish
Robert Parrish was an American film editor and director, as well as a former child actor, known for his work on several classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Brian Keith
Brian Keith was an American film and television actor best known for his rugged, authoritative presence in roles across mid-20th-century Hollywood, including comedies, dramas, and family films.
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E.
James Coburn
James Coburn was an American actor known for his cool, tough-guy persona in films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Our Man Flint," and for winning an Academy Award for his supporting role in "Affliction."
- 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: Richard Farnsworth Target entity description: Richard Farnsworth was an American actor and former stuntman best known for his understated, dignified performances in films such as "The Straight Story" and "Comes a Horseman."
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A.
Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern is an acclaimed American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in films such as "Nebraska," "Coming Home," and numerous collaborations with directors like Quentin Tarantino.
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B.
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Bridges was an American film and television actor known for his versatile roles in classics like "High Noon" and for being the father of actors Jeff and Beau Bridges.
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C.
Robert Parrish
Robert Parrish was an American film editor and director, as well as a former child actor, known for his work on several classic Hollywood films.
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D.
Brian Keith
Brian Keith was an American film and television actor best known for his rugged, authoritative presence in roles across mid-20th-century Hollywood, including comedies, dramas, and family films.
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E.
James Coburn
James Coburn was an American actor known for his cool, tough-guy persona in films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Our Man Flint," and for winning an Academy Award for his supporting role in "Affliction."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ stunt performer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Academy Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Globe Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by gunshot ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2000-10-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Farnsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| name | Richard Farnsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Actor for The Straight Story
NERFINISHED
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Globe for The Straight Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anne of Green Gables
NERFINISHED
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Bonanza NERFINISHED ⓘ Comes a Horseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunsmoke NERFINISHED ⓘ High Noon NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway to Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Lassie NERFINISHED ⓘ Little House on the Prairie NERFINISHED ⓘ Misery NERFINISHED ⓘ Papillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ Resurrection NERFINISHED ⓘ Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ Spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cowboys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grey Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ The Outlaw Josey Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ The Straight Story NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ten Commandments NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wild Bunch NERFINISHED ⓘ Walker, Texas Ranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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stuntman ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lincoln, New Mexico, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleOfPerformance |
dignified screen presence
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understated acting ⓘ |
| workedAsStuntPerformerFor |
High Noon
NERFINISHED
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Spartacus NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ten Commandments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1930s–2000 ⓘ |
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: Richard Farnsworth Description of subject: Richard Farnsworth was an American actor and former stuntman best known for his understated, dignified performances in films such as "The Straight Story" and "Comes a Horseman."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.