Private William House
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Private William House was a British Army soldier of the Royal Berkshire Regiment who received the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery in combat.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Private William House canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2988147 — 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: Private William House Context triple: [Royal Berkshire Regiment, awardedVictoriaCrossTo, Private William House]
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A.
William Wall
William Wall is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in politics, literature, and the arts.
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B.
Ralph Hopton
Ralph Hopton was a prominent Royalist military commander during the English Civil War, known for leading King Charles I’s forces in several key campaigns in the West Country.
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C.
Hugh Rose
Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
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D.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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E.
George Barrow
George Barrow was a prominent British geologist known for his pioneering work on metamorphic zones and the mapping of regional metamorphism in Scotland.
- 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: Private William House Target entity description: Private William House was a British Army soldier of the Royal Berkshire Regiment who received the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery in combat.
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A.
William Wall
William Wall is a name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in politics, literature, and the arts.
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B.
Ralph Hopton
Ralph Hopton was a prominent Royalist military commander during the English Civil War, known for leading King Charles I’s forces in several key campaigns in the West Country.
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C.
Hugh Rose
Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
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D.
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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E.
George Barrow
George Barrow was a prominent British geologist known for his pioneering work on metamorphic zones and the mapping of regional metamorphism in Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army soldier
ⓘ
person ⓘ recipient of the Victoria Cross ⓘ |
| allegiance | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
British military decoration
ⓘ
The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria Cross
|
| causeOfNotability | gallantry in action leading to award of the Victoria Cross ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decoratedFor |
bravery
ⓘ
gallantry ⓘ |
| familyName | House ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Private ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | VC ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
British Army
ⓘ
infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Private ⓘ |
| notableFor | exceptional bravery in combat ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | unknown ⓘ |
| unit | Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ |
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: Private William House Description of subject: Private William House was a British Army soldier of the Royal Berkshire Regiment who received the Victoria Cross for exceptional bravery in combat.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.