Brian Bonsall
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Brian Bonsall is an American former child actor best known for playing Andy Keaton on the sitcom "Family Ties."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brian Bonsall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12278673 — 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: Brian Bonsall Context triple: [Family Ties, portrayedBy, Brian Bonsall]
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A.
Greg Barnett
Greg Barnett is an actor known for his role in the 2013 television miniseries "The Bible."
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B.
Michael Boughen
Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
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C.
Brian Blosil
Brian Blosil is an American record producer and the former husband of entertainer Marie Osmond.
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D.
Dave Bannion
Dave Bannion is a tough, morally driven police detective who wages a relentless one-man war against corruption and organized crime in the classic film noir "The Big Heat."
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E.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
- 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: Brian Bonsall Target entity description: Brian Bonsall is an American former child actor best known for playing Andy Keaton on the sitcom "Family Ties."
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A.
Greg Barnett
Greg Barnett is an actor known for his role in the 2013 television miniseries "The Bible."
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B.
Michael Boughen
Michael Boughen is a film producer known for his work on action and thriller movies, including the Jason Statham–starring film "Killer Elite."
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C.
Brian Blosil
Brian Blosil is an American record producer and the former husband of entertainer Marie Osmond.
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D.
Dave Bannion
Dave Bannion is a tough, morally driven police detective who wages a relentless one-man war against corruption and organized crime in the classic film noir "The Big Heat."
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E.
Michael Potts
Michael Potts is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like "The Wire," "True Detective," and various Broadway productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television actor
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actor ⓘ child actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | punk rock music scene ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Blank Check
NERFINISHED
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Star Trek: The Next Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestKnownAs | former child actor from Family Ties ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Alexander Rozhenko
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Andy Keaton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childActorOn | Family Ties NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-12-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Bonsall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerProfession | child actor ⓘ |
| genre | television ⓘ |
| givenName | Brian ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing Andy Keaton on Family Ties ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterCareer | rock musician ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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television series ⓘ |
| musicGroupMemberOf |
The Late Bloomers
NERFINISHED
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The Light on Adam’s Stereo NERFINISHED ⓘ Thruster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Brian Eric Bonsall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRoleType | sitcom role ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blank Check
NERFINISHED
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Family Ties NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Torrance, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Colorado, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Samantha Bonsall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActiveAsActor |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
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: Brian Bonsall Description of subject: Brian Bonsall is an American former child actor best known for playing Andy Keaton on the sitcom "Family Ties."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.