William Hughes
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William Hughes was a Welsh child actor best known for playing a young incarnation of the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Hughes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14240316 — 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: William Hughes Context triple: [The Master (Doctor Who), portrayedBy, William Hughes]
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A.
William Hughes
William Hughes is a member of the Hughes family, known primarily in relation to poet Ted Hughes and his descendants.
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B.
William Morris Hughes
William Morris Hughes was an Australian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia and later became a prominent and long-serving federal parliamentarian.
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C.
Arthur Deakin
Arthur Deakin was a prominent British trade union leader who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century labor relations in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Joseph Cook
Joseph Cook was an Australian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Australia and played a key role in early federal politics.
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E.
John Eager Howard
John Eager Howard was an American Revolutionary War officer, politician, and Governor of Maryland renowned for his military leadership and public service in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- 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: William Hughes Target entity description: William Hughes was a Welsh child actor best known for playing a young incarnation of the Master in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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A.
William Hughes
William Hughes is a member of the Hughes family, known primarily in relation to poet Ted Hughes and his descendants.
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B.
William Morris Hughes
William Morris Hughes was an Australian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Australia and later became a prominent and long-serving federal parliamentarian.
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C.
Arthur Deakin
Arthur Deakin was a prominent British trade union leader who played a key role in shaping mid-20th-century labor relations in the United Kingdom.
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D.
Joseph Cook
Joseph Cook was an Australian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Australia and played a key role in early federal politics.
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E.
John Eager Howard
John Eager Howard was an American Revolutionary War officer, politician, and Governor of Maryland renowned for his military leadership and public service in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Master (Doctor Who)