Zack Goodweather
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Zack Goodweather is a central character in *The Strain* series, known as Ephraim Goodweather’s son whose fate becomes pivotal in the human struggle against a vampiric plague.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zack Goodweather canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8661430 — 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: Zack Goodweather Context triple: [Ephraim Goodweather, familyMember, Zack Goodweather]
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A.
Zack Villere
Zack Villere is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for his lo-fi, introspective indie pop and experimental R&B-influenced music.
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B.
Zach Hanson
Zach Hanson is an American musician best known as the youngest member and drummer of the pop-rock band Hanson.
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C.
Zach Mills
Zach Mills is an American actor best known for his role in the science fiction film "Super 8" and other family-oriented movies and television projects.
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D.
Zachary Williams
Zachary Williams is the eldest son of the late American actor and comedian Robin Williams.
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E.
Zach Gill
Zach Gill is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and longtime collaborator of Jack Johnson, known for his work with the band ALO and his mellow, folk-influenced solo music.
- 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: Zack Goodweather Target entity description: Zack Goodweather is a central character in *The Strain* series, known as Ephraim Goodweather’s son whose fate becomes pivotal in the human struggle against a vampiric plague.
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A.
Zack Villere
Zack Villere is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for his lo-fi, introspective indie pop and experimental R&B-influenced music.
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B.
Zach Hanson
Zach Hanson is an American musician best known as the youngest member and drummer of the pop-rock band Hanson.
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C.
Zach Mills
Zach Mills is an American actor best known for his role in the science fiction film "Super 8" and other family-oriented movies and television projects.
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D.
Zachary Williams
Zachary Williams is the eldest son of the late American actor and comedian Robin Williams.
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E.
Zach Gill
Zach Gill is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and longtime collaborator of Jack Johnson, known for his work with the band ALO and his mellow, folk-influenced solo music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
novel character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| ageAtSeriesStart | pre-teen ⓘ |
| alignment | variable over the course of the story ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Strain
ⓘ
The Strain (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
The Strain
The Strain Trilogy ⓘ
linked to:
The Strain
|
| appearsInGenre |
apocalyptic fiction
ⓘ
dark fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| associatedWith | vampiric plague ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from The Strain novels ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
family bonds during apocalypse
ⓘ
moral ambiguity in survival ⓘ |
| childOf |
Ephraim Goodweather
ⓘ
Kelly Goodweather ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
|
| creator |
Chuck Hogan
ⓘ
Guillermo del Toro ⓘ |
| enemyOf | the Strigoi ⓘ |
| familyName | Goodweather ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | The Strain universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Strain (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Strain
|
| firstTelevisionAppearance |
The Strain, Season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
The Strain
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Zack ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | primary canon character in The Strain continuity ⓘ |
| hasFather | Ephraim Goodweather ⓘ |
| hasMother | Kelly Goodweather ⓘ |
| hasSignificantEvent |
becoming a key figure in the conflict with the Master
ⓘ
outbreak of Strigoi plague ⓘ separation from parents due to plague ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
pivotal character in human struggle against vampiric plague ⓘ |
| occupation | student ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Strain franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
The Strain
|
| portrayedInTelevisionBy |
Ben Hyland
ⓘ
Max Charles ⓘ |
| relative |
Ephraim Goodweather
ⓘ
Kelly Goodweather ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City (fictional)
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City (fictional setting)
|
| species | human ⓘ |
| targetAudienceContext | adult horror fiction ⓘ |
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: Zack Goodweather Description of subject: Zack Goodweather is a central character in *The Strain* series, known as Ephraim Goodweather’s son whose fate becomes pivotal in the human struggle against a vampiric plague.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.