Louden Swain
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Louden Swain is the determined high school wrestler who serves as the protagonist of the coming-of-age sports film "Vision Quest."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louden Swain canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9854393 — 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: Louden Swain Context triple: [Vision Quest, mainCharacter, Louden Swain]
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A.
Nick Swinmurn
Nick Swinmurn is an American entrepreneur best known for creating the online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos, which became a pioneering force in e-commerce and customer service.
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B.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
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C.
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
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D.
Connell Wagner
Connell Wagner was a prominent Australian engineering consultancy firm known for its major structural and civil engineering projects across the country.
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E.
Faithe Herman
Faithe Herman is an American child actress best known for her role as Darla Dudley in the DC superhero film "Shazam!" and for her work on the television series "This Is Us."
- 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: Louden Swain Target entity description: Louden Swain is the determined high school wrestler who serves as the protagonist of the coming-of-age sports film "Vision Quest."
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A.
Nick Swinmurn
Nick Swinmurn is an American entrepreneur best known for creating the online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos, which became a pioneering force in e-commerce and customer service.
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B.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
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C.
Sam Merlotte
Sam Merlotte is a shapeshifting bar owner and central figure in the supernatural drama series "True Blood."
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D.
Connell Wagner
Connell Wagner was a prominent Australian engineering consultancy firm known for its major structural and civil engineering projects across the country.
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E.
Faithe Herman
Faithe Herman is an American child actress best known for her role as Darla Dudley in the DC superhero film "Shazam!" and for her work on the television series "This Is Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
Vision Quest (1985 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Vision Quest
|
| adversary | Brian Shute ⓘ |
| ageInStory | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Vision Quest ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
coming-of-age film
ⓘ
sports film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Louden Swain from the novel Vision Quest
ⓘ
linked to:
Louden Swain (novel character)
|
| characterRole | protagonist ⓘ |
| coach | Coach Tanner ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Terry Davis ⓘ |
| educationLevel | high school student ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Vision Quest universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Vision Quest
|
| firstAppearance |
Vision Quest (1985 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Vision Quest
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| goal | to wrestle and defeat Brian Shute ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | coming-of-age hero ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
ambitious
ⓘ
determined ⓘ disciplined ⓘ |
| notableEvent | moves down in weight class to challenge Brian Shute ⓘ |
| occupation | high school wrestler ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Matthew Modine ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Vision Quest ⓘ |
| relationship |
friend of Kuch
ⓘ
romantic interest of Carla ⓘ son of Mr. Swain ⓘ |
| settingCity | Spokane, Washington ⓘ |
| sport | wrestling ⓘ |
| storyArc | prepares for and competes in a climactic wrestling match ⓘ |
| team |
Thompson High School wrestling team
ⓘ
linked to:
Thompson High School
|
| themeAssociated |
personal growth
ⓘ
pursuit of excellence ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| trainingRegimen |
intense weight cutting
ⓘ
rigorous conditioning ⓘ |
| workLocation | Thompson High School ⓘ |
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: Louden Swain Description of subject: Louden Swain is the determined high school wrestler who serves as the protagonist of the coming-of-age sports film "Vision Quest."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.