Swan
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Swan is the charismatic yet sinister music producer and antagonist in the rock-horror film "Phantom of the Paradise."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swan canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10583289 — 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: Swan Context triple: [Phantom of the Paradise, mainCharacter, Swan]
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A.
Swan
Swan is a large, graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white or black plumage, and strong cultural associations with beauty and elegance.
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B.
Swan
Swan is a small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
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C.
Balloon Swan
Balloon Swan is a sculptural artwork resembling a swan made from a twisted balloon, created as part of the artist’s Celebration series.
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D.
Swan King
Swan King is the romantic nickname of Ludwig II of Bavaria, the 19th-century monarch famed for his fairy-tale castles and patronage of composer Richard Wagner.
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E.
Goose
Goose was the nickname of Leon "Goose" Goslin, a Hall of Fame American Major League Baseball left fielder known for his powerful hitting in the 1920s and 1930s.
- 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: Swan Target entity description: Swan is the charismatic yet sinister music producer and antagonist in the rock-horror film "Phantom of the Paradise."
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A.
Swan
Swan is a large, graceful waterbird known for its long neck, white or black plumage, and strong cultural associations with beauty and elegance.
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B.
Swan
Swan is a small city in Marion County, Iowa, United States.
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C.
Balloon Swan
Balloon Swan is a sculptural artwork resembling a swan made from a twisted balloon, created as part of the artist’s Celebration series.
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D.
Swan King
Swan King is the romantic nickname of Ludwig II of Bavaria, the 19th-century monarch famed for his fairy-tale castles and patronage of composer Richard Wagner.
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E.
Goose
Goose was the nickname of Leon "Goose" Goslin, a Hall of Fame American Major League Baseball left fielder known for his powerful hitting in the 1920s and 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ villain ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1974 film Phantom of the Paradise
ⓘ
Phantom of the Paradise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Death Records
ⓘ
The Paradise concert hall ⓘ |
| basedOn | Faustian archetype ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charismatic
ⓘ
sinister ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Brian De Palma ⓘ |
| genreContext |
horror
ⓘ
rock musical ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearsIn | rock-horror film ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Swan (Death Records producer) ⓘ |
| hasEnemy |
The Phantom
ⓘ
Winslow Leach ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary antagonist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
making Faustian bargains
ⓘ
manipulating and exploiting musicians ⓘ running the Death Records label ⓘ |
| occupation | music producer ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
Phantom of the Paradise universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Phantom of the Paradise
|
| portrayedBy | Paul Williams ⓘ |
| roleInWork | antagonist in Phantom of the Paradise ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 1974 ⓘ |
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: Swan Description of subject: Swan is the charismatic yet sinister music producer and antagonist in the rock-horror film "Phantom of the Paradise."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.