Jonathan Brandis
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Jonathan Brandis was an American actor best known as a 1990s teen idol for his roles in films like "The NeverEnding Story II" and the TV series "seaQuest DSV."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Brandis canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5188465 — 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: Jonathan Brandis Context triple: [SeaQuest DSV, castMember, Jonathan Brandis]
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A.
Michael Culver
Michael Culver is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "A Passage to India" and "The Empire Strikes Back."
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B.
Ian Bader
Ian Bader is a prominent architect and partner at the international architecture firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
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C.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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D.
Jason Ralph
Jason Ralph is an American actor best known for his role as Quentin Coldwater on the television series "The Magicians."
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E.
Jason Shuman
Jason Shuman is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the sports drama series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."
- 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: Jonathan Brandis Target entity description: Jonathan Brandis was an American actor best known as a 1990s teen idol for his roles in films like "The NeverEnding Story II" and the TV series "seaQuest DSV."
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A.
Michael Culver
Michael Culver is a British actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "A Passage to India" and "The Empire Strikes Back."
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B.
Ian Bader
Ian Bader is a prominent architect and partner at the international architecture firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
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C.
Jonathan Tucker
Jonathan Tucker is an American actor known for his intense, character-driven roles in film and television, including prominent performances in series like "Kingdom," "Westworld," and "City on a Hill."
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D.
Jason Ralph
Jason Ralph is an American actor best known for his role as Quentin Coldwater on the television series "The Magicians."
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E.
Jason Shuman
Jason Shuman is a film and television producer known for his work on projects such as the sports drama series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Aladdin (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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It (1990 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladybugs NERFINISHED ⓘ One Life to Live NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidekicks NERFINISHED ⓘ Stepfather II NERFINISHED ⓘ The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ seaQuest DSV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Mary’s Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1976-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2003-11-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Valley Professional School, Studio City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Brandis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Jonathan Gregory Brandis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | teen idol ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonathan ⓘ |
| knownFor | 1990s teen idol status ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
It (1990 miniseries)
NERFINISHED
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Ladybugs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidekicks NERFINISHED ⓘ The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter NERFINISHED ⓘ seaQuest DSV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Danbury, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Barry Gabrewski
NERFINISHED
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Bastian Balthazar Bux NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill Denbrough NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucas Wolenczak NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Danbury, Connecticut, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startedCareerAs |
child actor
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child model ⓘ |
| voiceActedIn | Aladdin (TV series) 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: Jonathan Brandis Description of subject: Jonathan Brandis was an American actor best known as a 1990s teen idol for his roles in films like "The NeverEnding Story II" and the TV series "seaQuest DSV."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.