William C. Gordon
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William C. Gordon was an American lawyer-turned-crime novelist best known for his San Francisco–set detective fiction and his marriage to Chilean author Isabel Allende.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William C. Gordon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T872431 — 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 C. Gordon Context triple: [Isabel Allende, spouse, William C. Gordon]
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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C.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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D.
James P. Gordon
James P. Gordon was an American physicist and pioneer in quantum electronics and laser science, known for his foundational work on the maser and optical communications.
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E.
William M. Corry Jr.
William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
- 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 C. Gordon Target entity description: William C. Gordon was an American lawyer-turned-crime novelist best known for his San Francisco–set detective fiction and his marriage to Chilean author Isabel Allende.
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A.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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B.
William D. Stephens
William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
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C.
Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
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D.
James P. Gordon
James P. Gordon was an American physicist and pioneer in quantum electronics and laser science, known for his foundational work on the maser and optical communications.
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E.
William M. Corry Jr.
William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American writer
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crime novelist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| basedIn | San Francisco ⓘ |
| convertedFromOccupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| convertedToOccupation | crime novelist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | San Francisco–set detective fiction ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Framed (novel)
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surface form:
Framed
King of the Bottom ⓘ The Blind Detective ⓘ The Chinese Jars ⓘ The Halls of Power ⓘ The Ultimate Double ⓘ |
| occupation |
crime fiction writer
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lawyer ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| sharesProfessionWithSpouse | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabel Allende ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| workLocation | San Francisco ⓘ |
| writingFocus | detective stories set in San Francisco ⓘ |
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: William C. Gordon Description of subject: William C. Gordon was an American lawyer-turned-crime novelist best known for his San Francisco–set detective fiction and his marriage to Chilean author Isabel Allende.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.