Astin
E261217
Astin is the surname of American actor and filmmaker Sean Astin, known for roles in films such as "The Goonies," "Rudy," and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astin canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2369594 — 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: Astin Context triple: [Sean Astin, familyName, Astin]
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A.
Arvin
Arvin is a small agricultural city in Southern California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming economy and diverse rural community.
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B.
Lathan
Lathan is a surname most prominently associated with American actress Sanaa Lathan, known for her roles in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Riggo
Riggo is the nickname of John Riggins, a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for his powerful rushing style with the Washington Redskins.
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D.
Chaville
Chaville is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France.
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E.
Ashton Hogan
Ashton Hogan is a writer known for contributing to the creation and development of the work titled "Formation."
- 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: Astin Target entity description: Astin is the surname of American actor and filmmaker Sean Astin, known for roles in films such as "The Goonies," "Rudy," and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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A.
Arvin
Arvin is a small agricultural city in Southern California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming economy and diverse rural community.
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B.
Lathan
Lathan is a surname most prominently associated with American actress Sanaa Lathan, known for her roles in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Riggo
Riggo is the nickname of John Riggins, a Hall of Fame NFL running back best known for his powerful rushing style with the Washington Redskins.
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D.
Chaville
Chaville is a suburban commune in the western outskirts of Paris, located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France.
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E.
Ashton Hogan
Ashton Hogan is a writer known for contributing to the creation and development of the work titled "Formation."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
family name ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Astin self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| givenName | Sean ⓘ |
| hasGenreOfWork |
fantasy film
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sports drama film ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Sean Astin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rudy
ⓘ
The Goonies ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger
ⓘ
surface form:
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in Rudy
Mikey Walsh in The Goonies ⓘ Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sean Astin ⓘ |
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: Astin Description of subject: Astin is the surname of American actor and filmmaker Sean Astin, known for roles in films such as "The Goonies," "Rudy," and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sean Astin