David Swift
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David Swift was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for creating and writing classic family films and television shows, including the original 1961 version of "The Parent Trap."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Swift canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7517626 — 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: David Swift Context triple: [The Parent Trap (1998 film), screenwriter, David Swift]
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A.
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as science, sports, and the arts.
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B.
John Applegate
John Applegate was a 19th-century American pioneer and explorer associated with the development of overland emigrant routes in the western United States.
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C.
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley was a British actor best known for his stage and screen work, including his portrayal of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s television series "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
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D.
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is a Scottish musician best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
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E.
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is a cinematographer known for his work on the British science fiction film "The Final Programme."
- 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: David Swift Target entity description: David Swift was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for creating and writing classic family films and television shows, including the original 1961 version of "The Parent Trap."
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A.
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as science, sports, and the arts.
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B.
John Applegate
John Applegate was a 19th-century American pioneer and explorer associated with the development of overland emigrant routes in the western United States.
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C.
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley was a British actor best known for his stage and screen work, including his portrayal of the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1950s television series "The Adventures of Robin Hood."
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D.
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is a Scottish musician best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
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E.
Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson is a cinematographer known for his work on the British science fiction film "The Final Programme."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
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film producer ⓘ person ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| created |
Camp Runamuck (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Good Morning, World (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator |
David Swift
NERFINISHED
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David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directed |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967 film)
NERFINISHED
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Pollyanna (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parent Trap (1961 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director |
David Swift
NERFINISHED
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David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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family film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating and writing classic American family films
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directing the original 1961 version of The Parent Trap ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Camp Runamuck (TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Good Morning, World (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pollyanna (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parent Trap (1961 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television director ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Swift
NERFINISHED
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David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ David Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967 film)
NERFINISHED
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Pollyanna (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Parent Trap (1961 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963 film) 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: David Swift Description of subject: David Swift was an American screenwriter, director, and producer best known for creating and writing classic family films and television shows, including the original 1961 version of "The Parent Trap."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.