Secretary William Cleary
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Secretary William Cleary is a powerful and eccentric U.S. political figure and protective father in the comedy film "Wedding Crashers."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary William Cleary canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3968489 — 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: Secretary William Cleary Context triple: [Wedding Crashers, character, Secretary William Cleary]
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A.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
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B.
Vernon A. Walters
Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
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C.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
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D.
Neil H. McElroy
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
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E.
George J. Tenet
George J. Tenet is an American intelligence official who served as the head of the CIA during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the period surrounding the September 11 attacks and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
- 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: Secretary William Cleary Target entity description: Secretary William Cleary is a powerful and eccentric U.S. political figure and protective father in the comedy film "Wedding Crashers."
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A.
John F. Kelly
John F. Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served in the Trump administration, including as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland Security.
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B.
Vernon A. Walters
Vernon A. Walters was an American Army lieutenant general, diplomat, and intelligence officer who served in key Cold War roles, including Deputy Director of the CIA and later U.S. ambassador to several countries.
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C.
William K. Reilly
William K. Reilly is an American environmental leader and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency known for his influential role in advancing environmental policy and conservation.
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D.
Neil H. McElroy
Neil H. McElroy was a U.S. businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Defense under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, playing a key role in shaping early Cold War defense policy.
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E.
George J. Tenet
George J. Tenet is an American intelligence official who served as the head of the CIA during the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the period surrounding the September 11 attacks and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Wedding Crashers ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Chesapeake Bay waterfront
ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland waterfront estate
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdForWork | Wedding Crashers ⓘ |
| familyName | Cleary ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Wedding Crashers universe ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy film ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Claire Cleary
ⓘ
Gloria Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Kathleen Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCharacterInGenre | romantic comedy ⓘ |
| isFatherOf |
Claire Cleary
ⓘ
Gloria Cleary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
father figure
ⓘ
supporting character ⓘ |
| occupation | United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
eccentric
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powerful ⓘ protective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Christopher Walken ⓘ |
| yearOfWorkRelease | 2005 ⓘ |
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: Secretary William Cleary Description of subject: Secretary William Cleary is a powerful and eccentric U.S. political figure and protective father in the comedy film "Wedding Crashers."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.