Sig Hansen
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Sig Hansen is a Norwegian-American fishing boat captain and reality TV personality best known for starring on the series "Deadliest Catch."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sig Hansen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9110987 — 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: Sig Hansen Context triple: [Cars 2, voiceCastMember, Sig Hansen]
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A.
Herc Hansen
Herc Hansen is a veteran Jaeger pilot and commanding officer in the "Pacific Rim" universe, known for co-piloting the Australian Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his son, Chuck.
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B.
Hans Hansen
Hans Hansen is a central character in Thomas Mann's novella "Tonio Kröger," representing the idealized, conventional bourgeois youth who contrasts with the artistic, introspective protagonist.
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C.
Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Hansen was an Icelandic-American actor best known for originating the role of Leatherface in the 1974 horror classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
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D.
Rolf Nilsen
Rolf Nilsen is a businessman best known as the owner of the Ontario Hockey League’s Flint Firebirds.
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E.
Carl Kjeldsberg
Carl Kjeldsberg is a pathologist and academic leader best known as a co-founder of ARUP Laboratories, a major national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory.
- 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: Sig Hansen Target entity description: Sig Hansen is a Norwegian-American fishing boat captain and reality TV personality best known for starring on the series "Deadliest Catch."
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A.
Herc Hansen
Herc Hansen is a veteran Jaeger pilot and commanding officer in the "Pacific Rim" universe, known for co-piloting the Australian Mark-5 Jaeger Striker Eureka alongside his son, Chuck.
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B.
Hans Hansen
Hans Hansen is a central character in Thomas Mann's novella "Tonio Kröger," representing the idealized, conventional bourgeois youth who contrasts with the artistic, introspective protagonist.
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C.
Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Hansen was an Icelandic-American actor best known for originating the role of Leatherface in the 1974 horror classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."
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D.
Rolf Nilsen
Rolf Nilsen is a businessman best known as the owner of the Ontario Hockey League’s Flint Firebirds.
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E.
Carl Kjeldsberg
Carl Kjeldsberg is a pathologist and academic leader best known as a co-founder of ARUP Laboratories, a major national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fishing boat captain
ⓘ
person ⓘ reality television personality ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various Deadliest Catch spin-offs ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1966-04-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookGenre | memoir ⓘ |
| bookTitle | North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| captainOf | FV Northwestern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Mandy Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coAuthorOf | North by Northwestern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Norwegian ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| familyBackground | comes from a long line of Norwegian fishermen ⓘ |
| familyName | Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fishingArea |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bering Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | reality television ⓘ |
| givenName | Sigurd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond ⓘ |
| hasHealthIssue | heart attack ⓘ |
| heartAttackOccurredDuring | filming of Deadliest Catch ⓘ |
| knownFor | Deadliest Catch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Norwegian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| name | Sigurd Jonny Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Norwegian-American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expertise in Alaskan king crab fishing
ⓘ
longtime captaincy of the FV Northwestern ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
fisherman ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| parentOccupation | fisherman ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | tough but safety-conscious captain ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edgar Hansen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | June Hansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedFishingProfessionallyAtAge | 14 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionNetwork | Discovery Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionSeries | Deadliest Catch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vesselType | crab fishing vessel ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sig Hansen Description of subject: Sig Hansen is a Norwegian-American fishing boat captain and reality TV personality best known for starring on the series "Deadliest Catch."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.