Astrid Farnsworth
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Astrid Farnsworth is a brilliant and resourceful FBI agent and lab assistant in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe," known for supporting Walter Bishop and the Fringe Division in investigating paranormal phenomena.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astrid Farnsworth canonical | 8 |
| Astrid Farnsworth in Fringe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3786379 — 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: Astrid Farnsworth Context triple: [Fringe, mainCharacter, Astrid Farnsworth]
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A.
Maria Ewing
Maria Ewing was an acclaimed American opera singer and actress known for her intense dramatic presence and versatile mezzo-soprano and soprano roles on major international stages.
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B.
Astrid Hofferson
Astrid Hofferson is a brave and skilled Viking warrior and dragon rider from the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise, known as Hiccup's close friend and eventual love interest.
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C.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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D.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Anne Ashmond
Anne Ashmond is a fictional character appearing in the film "Royal Wedding."
- 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: Astrid Farnsworth Target entity description: Astrid Farnsworth is a brilliant and resourceful FBI agent and lab assistant in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe," known for supporting Walter Bishop and the Fringe Division in investigating paranormal phenomena.
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A.
Maria Ewing
Maria Ewing was an acclaimed American opera singer and actress known for her intense dramatic presence and versatile mezzo-soprano and soprano roles on major international stages.
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B.
Astrid Hofferson
Astrid Hofferson is a brave and skilled Viking warrior and dragon rider from the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise, known as Hiccup's close friend and eventual love interest.
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C.
Ruby Gentry
Ruby Gentry is a 1952 American melodrama film directed by King Vidor, starring Jennifer Jones as a poor Southern woman whose passionate love and social struggles lead to tragedy.
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D.
Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher was the first wife of Fiorello H. La Guardia, the reformist mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Anne Ashmond
Anne Ashmond is a fictional character appearing in the film "Royal Wedding."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Fringe Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateVersionOccupation | Fringe Division agent (alternate universe) ⓘ |
| alternateVersionTrait | on-the-spectrum ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fringe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeTo | Walter Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSeries | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Fringe Season 1 Episode 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternateVersion | Astrid Farnsworth (alternate universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriendshipWith |
Olivia Dunham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigates |
fringe science cases
ⓘ
paranormal phenomena ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| nationalityInSeries | American ⓘ |
| network | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
FBI agent
ⓘ
lab assistant ⓘ |
| partOf | Fringe main cast ensemble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
compassionate
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intelligent ⓘ patient ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Jasika Nicole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesCreator |
Alex Kurtzman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
J. J. Abrams NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberto Orci NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| skill |
computer science
ⓘ
cryptography ⓘ forensics ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| supportsCharacter |
Olivia Dunham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsTheme |
ethics of scientific experimentation
ⓘ
teamwork in scientific investigation ⓘ |
| worksAt | Harvard University laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksForUnit | Fringe Division Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksWithOrganization | Department of Homeland Security (Fringe universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Astrid Farnsworth Description of subject: Astrid Farnsworth is a brilliant and resourceful FBI agent and lab assistant in the science-fiction TV series "Fringe," known for supporting Walter Bishop and the Fringe Division in investigating paranormal phenomena.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Astrid Farnsworth in Fringe
subject surface form:
Season 2 (Fringe)
subject surface form:
Season 5 of Fringe