Springwood, Ohio
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Springwood, Ohio is the fictional Midwestern town that serves as the primary setting for the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series, known as the stalking grounds of the killer Freddy Krueger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Springwood, Ohio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5485658 — 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: Springwood, Ohio Context triple: [A Nightmare on Elm Street, setIn, Springwood, Ohio]
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A.
Springdale, Ohio
Springdale, Ohio is a suburban city in southwestern Ohio that forms part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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B.
New London, Ohio
New London, Ohio is a small village in Huron County known for its rural character and location in north-central Ohio.
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C.
Riverside, Ohio
Riverside, Ohio is a suburban city in Montgomery County that forms part of the Dayton metropolitan area in southwestern Ohio.
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D.
Fernwood, Ohio
Fernwood, Ohio is the fictional small-town setting of the satirical 1970s television series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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E.
Norwood, Ohio
Norwood, Ohio is a small independent city surrounded by Cincinnati that was historically known for its major General Motors automobile assembly plant.
- 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: Springwood, Ohio Target entity description: Springwood, Ohio is the fictional Midwestern town that serves as the primary setting for the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series, known as the stalking grounds of the killer Freddy Krueger.
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A.
Springdale, Ohio
Springdale, Ohio is a suburban city in southwestern Ohio that forms part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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B.
New London, Ohio
New London, Ohio is a small village in Huron County known for its rural character and location in north-central Ohio.
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C.
Riverside, Ohio
Riverside, Ohio is a suburban city in Montgomery County that forms part of the Dayton metropolitan area in southwestern Ohio.
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D.
Fernwood, Ohio
Fernwood, Ohio is the fictional small-town setting of the satirical 1970s television series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."
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E.
Norwood, Ohio
Norwood, Ohio is a small independent city surrounded by Cincinnati that was historically known for its major General Motors automobile assembly plant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | A Nightmare on Elm Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInSeries | Freddy's Nightmares NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Freddy Krueger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCreator | Wes Craven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
repressed trauma
ⓘ
suburban horror ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs | ordinary American town hiding dark secret ⓘ |
| fandomDomain | horror fandom ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | nonexistent in real geography ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | horror ⓘ |
| hasFictionalEducationFacility | Springwood High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInstitution | Springwood High School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLawEnforcement | Springwood Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocationType | suburban community ⓘ |
| hasFictionalMedicalFacility | Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPopulation | families of Elm Street children ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStreet | Elm Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | generic Midwestern American towns ⓘ |
| knownAs | stalking grounds of Freddy Krueger ⓘ |
| languageOfSetting | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
home of many protagonists in the series
ⓘ
site of Freddy Krueger's murders ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | A Nightmare on Elm Street universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySettingOf |
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors NERFINISHED ⓘ A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master NERFINISHED ⓘ A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child NERFINISHED ⓘ A Nightmare on Elm Street film series NERFINISHED ⓘ Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare NERFINISHED ⓘ New Nightmare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFor | dream-related killings by Freddy Krueger ⓘ |
| usedInMedium |
films
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Springwood, Ohio Description of subject: Springwood, Ohio is the fictional Midwestern town that serves as the primary setting for the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series, known as the stalking grounds of the killer Freddy Krueger.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.