Lewis Swift
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Lewis Swift was a 19th-century American astronomer known for his discovery of numerous comets and deep-sky objects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lewis Swift canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4618585 — 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: Lewis Swift Context triple: [IC 10, discoveredBy, Lewis Swift]
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A.
Allan Swift
Allan Swift was an American voice actor and radio personality known for his work in animated television specials and commercials.
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B.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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C.
Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Swift is an English actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Downton Abbey" and "Ted Lasso."
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D.
Max Dennison
Max Dennison is the skeptical teenage protagonist of the Halloween-themed fantasy film "Hocus Pocus," whose actions accidentally resurrect three witches in Salem.
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E.
Elliott Wheeler
Elliott Wheeler is an Australian composer and music producer known for his work on film and television scores, including the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
- 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: Lewis Swift Target entity description: Lewis Swift was a 19th-century American astronomer known for his discovery of numerous comets and deep-sky objects.
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A.
Allan Swift
Allan Swift was an American voice actor and radio personality known for his work in animated television specials and commercials.
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B.
Philip Smith
Philip Smith is a member of the family of Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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C.
Jeremy Swift
Jeremy Swift is an English actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Downton Abbey" and "Ted Lasso."
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D.
Max Dennison
Max Dennison is the skeptical teenage protagonist of the Halloween-themed fantasy film "Hocus Pocus," whose actions accidentally resurrect three witches in Salem.
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E.
Elliott Wheeler
Elliott Wheeler is an Australian composer and music producer known for his work on film and television scores, including the 2022 biographical musical film "Elvis."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| discovered |
multiple comets
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numerous galaxies ⓘ numerous nebulae ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| familyName | Swift ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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comet discovery ⓘ deep-sky object discovery ⓘ |
| givenName | Lewis ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveredObjectType |
comet
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galaxy ⓘ nebula ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lewis Swift ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
co-discovery of several periodic comets
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contributions to 19th-century comet catalogues ⓘ contributions to catalogues of nebulae and galaxies ⓘ |
| notableFor |
discovery of many deep-sky objects
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discovery of numerous comets ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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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: Lewis Swift Description of subject: Lewis Swift was a 19th-century American astronomer known for his discovery of numerous comets and deep-sky objects.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.