Franklin Saint
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Franklin Saint is the ambitious young drug kingpin and central protagonist of the crime drama television series "Snowfall," which chronicles the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Franklin Saint canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6527108 — 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: Franklin Saint Context triple: [Damson Idris, characterPortrayed, Franklin Saint]
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A.
Franklin Rood
Franklin Rood is the sadistic serial killer antagonist at the center of the 2012 horror film "Shiver."
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B.
Franklin Martin
Franklin Martin was an American physician and medical leader best known for founding the American Cancer Society.
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C.
Franklin Sousley
Franklin Sousley was a United States Marine and one of the six flag raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, whose story is prominently depicted in the film "Flags of Our Fathers."
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D.
Franklin Swift
Franklin Swift is the flawed yet charismatic male protagonist of Terry McMillan’s novel *Disappearing Acts*, whose struggles with love, responsibility, and personal ambition drive the story’s central relationship drama.
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E.
John Bacon
John Bacon is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
- 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: Franklin Saint Target entity description: Franklin Saint is the ambitious young drug kingpin and central protagonist of the crime drama television series "Snowfall," which chronicles the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles.
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A.
Franklin Rood
Franklin Rood is the sadistic serial killer antagonist at the center of the 2012 horror film "Shiver."
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B.
Franklin Martin
Franklin Martin was an American physician and medical leader best known for founding the American Cancer Society.
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C.
Franklin Sousley
Franklin Sousley was a United States Marine and one of the six flag raisers on Iwo Jima during World War II, whose story is prominently depicted in the film "Flags of Our Fathers."
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D.
Franklin Swift
Franklin Swift is the flawed yet charismatic male protagonist of Terry McMillan’s novel *Disappearing Acts*, whose struggles with love, responsibility, and personal ambition drive the story’s central relationship drama.
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E.
John Bacon
John Bacon is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| activePeriodInStory | 1980s ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Snowfall ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
South Central Los Angeles
ⓘ
linked to:
South L.A.
|
| characterTrait |
ambitious
ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ strategic ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | FX network series Snowfall ⓘ |
| familyName | Saint ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Snowfall universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork |
Snowfall season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Snowfall
|
| genreOfWork | crime drama television series ⓘ |
| givenName | Franklin ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
crack cocaine trade
ⓘ
drug trafficking ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | rise of crack epidemic ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central protagonist ⓘ |
| network | FX ⓘ |
| occupation |
cocaine dealer
ⓘ
drug kingpin ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Damson Idris ⓘ |
| primaryConflict |
clashes with law enforcement
ⓘ
conflicts with rival dealers ⓘ expansion of drug empire ⓘ |
| roleInSeries | protagonist ⓘ |
| seriesGenre | crime drama ⓘ |
| settingCity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| themeAssociation |
American Dream
ⓘ
crime and capitalism ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Franklin Saint Description of subject: Franklin Saint is the ambitious young drug kingpin and central protagonist of the crime drama television series "Snowfall," which chronicles the rise of the crack cocaine epidemic in 1980s Los Angeles.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
portraying Franklin Saint in Snowfall
subject linked to:
portraying Franklin Saint in Snowfall