Nancy Thompson
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Nancy Thompson is the resourceful teenage heroine of the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film, known for battling the dream-stalking killer Freddy Krueger.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancy Thompson canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5485660 — 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: Nancy Thompson Context triple: [A Nightmare on Elm Street, mainCharacter, Nancy Thompson]
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A.
Tanee McCall
Tanee McCall is an American actress and professional dancer known for her roles in film and television, including action and dance-focused projects.
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B.
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs is an American actress and comedian best known for her Emmy-nominated role as the sharp-tongued maid Florence Johnston on the classic sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Nancy Callahan
Nancy Callahan is a fictional character from Frank Miller's "Sin City" graphic novels and their film adaptations, known as a resilient and compassionate stripper who survives childhood trauma.
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D.
Jamie Sommers
Jamie Sommers is a hip-hop artist known for her collaborations and appearances on underground rap projects such as "Digital Bullet."
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E.
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly was an American stage, film, and television actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1956 film "The Bad Seed."
- 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: Nancy Thompson Target entity description: Nancy Thompson is the resourceful teenage heroine of the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film, known for battling the dream-stalking killer Freddy Krueger.
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A.
Tanee McCall
Tanee McCall is an American actress and professional dancer known for her roles in film and television, including action and dance-focused projects.
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B.
Marla Gibbs
Marla Gibbs is an American actress and comedian best known for her Emmy-nominated role as the sharp-tongued maid Florence Johnston on the classic sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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C.
Nancy Callahan
Nancy Callahan is a fictional character from Frank Miller's "Sin City" graphic novels and their film adaptations, known as a resilient and compassionate stripper who survives childhood trauma.
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D.
Jamie Sommers
Jamie Sommers is a hip-hop artist known for her collaborations and appearances on underground rap projects such as "Digital Bullet."
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E.
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly was an American stage, film, and television actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated performance in the 1956 film "The Bad Seed."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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final girl archetype ⓘ horror film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ⓘ Wes Craven's New Nightmare ⓘ
linked to:
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
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| characterTrait |
brave
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determined ⓘ intelligent ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| createdBy | Wes Craven ⓘ |
| culturalRole | influential example of the final girl trope in slasher films ⓘ |
| death | killed by Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors ⓘ |
| education | Springwood High School ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Freddy Krueger ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| franchise | A Nightmare on Elm Street ⓘ |
| franchiseCreator | Wes Craven ⓘ |
| franchiseStatus | iconic heroine of the Nightmare on Elm Street series ⓘ |
| friend |
Glen Lantz
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Rod Lane ⓘ Tina Gray ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| killsOrDefeats |
Freddy Krueger (temporarily)
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linked to:
Freddy Krueger
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| loveInterest | Glen Lantz ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAction | pulls Freddy Krueger out of the dream world ⓘ |
| notableFor | battling Freddy Krueger in dreams ⓘ |
| notableScene |
refuses to give Freddy her fear and turns her back on him
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sets traps for Freddy in her house ⓘ |
| occupation | high school student ⓘ |
| parent |
Donald Thompson
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Marge Thompson ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Heather Langenkamp
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Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors) ⓘ
linked to:
Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) ⓘ
linked to:
Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp (Wes Craven's New Nightmare) ⓘ
linked to:
Heather Langenkamp
|
| residence | Springwood, Ohio ⓘ |
| roleInStory | protagonist ⓘ |
| setting | Elm Street ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
booby traps
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explosives trap ⓘ sledgehammer trap ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nancy Thompson Description of subject: Nancy Thompson is the resourceful teenage heroine of the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film, known for battling the dream-stalking killer Freddy Krueger.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Freddy Krueger is a dream-stalking serial killer
subject linked to:
Nancy Thompson is a teenage girl targeted by Freddy Krueger