David Swan
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David Swan is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of fate and missed opportunity through the tale of a young man who unknowingly sleeps through life-changing events.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Swan (character) | 2 |
| "David Swan" | 1 |
| David Swan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2021520 — 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 Swan Context triple: [Twice-Told Tales, containsWork, David Swan]
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A.
John Swan
John Swan is a Bermudian politician and businessman who served as Premier of Bermuda in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Neil Farmer
Neil Farmer is a British author known for his works on organizational psychology and performance improvement.
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C.
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin is the humanoid robot protagonist of Isaac Asimov’s “The Bicentennial Man,” whose centuries-long journey explores what it means to become human.
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D.
Mark Gero
Mark Gero is an American sculptor and stage designer best known for his marriage to entertainer Liza Minnelli.
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E.
Warryn Campbell
Warryn Campbell is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work across hip hop, R&B, and gospel with artists such as Kanye West, Mary Mary, and Alicia Keys.
- 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 Swan Target entity description: David Swan is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of fate and missed opportunity through the tale of a young man who unknowingly sleeps through life-changing events.
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A.
John Swan
John Swan is a Bermudian politician and businessman who served as Premier of Bermuda in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Neil Farmer
Neil Farmer is a British author known for his works on organizational psychology and performance improvement.
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C.
Andrew Martin
Andrew Martin is the humanoid robot protagonist of Isaac Asimov’s “The Bicentennial Man,” whose centuries-long journey explores what it means to become human.
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D.
Mark Gero
Mark Gero is an American sculptor and stage designer best known for his marriage to entertainer Liza Minnelli.
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E.
Warryn Campbell
Warryn Campbell is an American record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work across hip hop, R&B, and gospel with artists such as Kanye West, Mary Mary, and Alicia Keys.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exploresConcept |
contingency of human life
ⓘ
the role of chance in human destiny ⓘ unrealized possibilities ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
David Swan (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
David Swan
robbers ⓘ wealthy couple ⓘ young woman ⓘ |
| hasMoralOrLesson |
Human destiny can be shaped by seemingly trivial moments.
ⓘ
Important opportunities in life may pass unnoticed. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
fiction
ⓘ
short story ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David Swan (character)
ⓘ
linked to:
David Swan
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCorpus | works of Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young man named David Swan falls asleep by the roadside and unknowingly misses several life-changing encounters. ⓘ |
| setting | American roadside ⓘ |
| theme |
chance
ⓘ
fate ⓘ missed opportunity ⓘ unconscious choice ⓘ |
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 Swan Description of subject: David Swan is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores themes of fate and missed opportunity through the tale of a young man who unknowingly sleeps through life-changing events.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: David Swan
linked to: David Swan
subject linked to:
A young man named David Swan falls asleep by the roadside and unknowingly misses several life-changing encounters.
linked to: David Swan