Paxton
E382293
Paxton is a surname most prominently associated with the late American actor and filmmaker Bill Paxton, known for his roles in films like "Twister," "Aliens," and "Titanic."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paxton canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3712732 — 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: Paxton Context triple: [Bill Paxton, familyName, Paxton]
-
A.
Paxton
Paxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland.
-
B.
Lamont
Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
-
C.
Pendleton
Pendleton is an inner-city district of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, known for its mix of residential areas, retail developments, and post-war social housing.
-
D.
Chisholm
Chisholm is a residential suburb located in the Maitland region of New South Wales, Australia.
-
E.
Crawford
Crawford is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and entertainment.
- 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: Paxton Target entity description: Paxton is a surname most prominently associated with the late American actor and filmmaker Bill Paxton, known for his roles in films like "Twister," "Aliens," and "Titanic."
-
A.
Paxton
Paxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland.
-
B.
Lamont
Lamont is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, known primarily as an agricultural and residential area near Bakersfield.
-
C.
Pendleton
Pendleton is an inner-city district of Salford in Greater Manchester, England, known for its mix of residential areas, retail developments, and post-war social housing.
-
D.
Chisholm
Chisholm is a residential suburb located in the Maitland region of New South Wales, Australia.
-
E.
Crawford
Crawford is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures across politics, sports, arts, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
family name ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-02-25 ⓘ |
| directed |
Frailty
ⓘ
The Greatest Game Ever Played ⓘ |
| familyName | Paxton ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Bill Paxton ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Simple Plan
ⓘ
Aliens ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Big Love ⓘ Edge of Tomorrow ⓘ Hatfields & McCoys ⓘ Near Dark ⓘ Titanic ⓘ True Lies ⓘ Twister ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Worth, Texas
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Louise Newbury ⓘ |
| starredIn |
A Simple Plan
ⓘ
Aliens ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Big Love ⓘ Edge of Tomorrow ⓘ Hatfields & McCoys ⓘ Near Dark ⓘ Titanic ⓘ True Lies ⓘ Twister ⓘ |
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: Paxton Description of subject: Paxton is a surname most prominently associated with the late American actor and filmmaker Bill Paxton, known for his roles in films like "Twister," "Aliens," and "Titanic."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.