William Masters
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William Masters is a pioneering American gynecologist and sexologist whose research on human sexuality was dramatized in the television series "Masters of Sex."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William H. Masters | 1 |
| William Masters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4560169 — 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 Masters Context triple: [Masters of Sex, mainCharacter, William Masters]
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A.
Paul Mowrer
Paul Mowrer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who won the first Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence in 1929.
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B.
Charles Jerald Hull
Charles Jerald Hull was a Chicago businessman and property owner whose former residence became the site of the famous Hull House social settlement.
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C.
Robert G. Heft
Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
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D.
Lynn Harold Loomis
Lynn Harold Loomis was an American mathematician known for his work in analysis and for coauthoring the influential textbook "Introduction to Abstract Harmonic Analysis."
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E.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
- 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 Masters Target entity description: William Masters is a pioneering American gynecologist and sexologist whose research on human sexuality was dramatized in the television series "Masters of Sex."
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A.
Paul Mowrer
Paul Mowrer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who won the first Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence in 1929.
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B.
Charles Jerald Hull
Charles Jerald Hull was a Chicago businessman and property owner whose former residence became the site of the famous Hull House social settlement.
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C.
Robert G. Heft
Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
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D.
Lynn Harold Loomis
Lynn Harold Loomis was an American mathematician known for his work in analysis and for coauthoring the influential textbook "Introduction to Abstract Harmonic Analysis."
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E.
Eric E. Osmond
Eric E. Osmond is a film editor best known for his work on the animated feature "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gynecologist
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ sexologist ⓘ |
| basedOn | Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1915-12-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Parkinson's disease ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Virginia E. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coResearcher | Virginia E. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2001-02-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hamilton College
NERFINISHED
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University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
gynecology
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human sexuality ⓘ |
| founded | Masters and Johnson Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
obstetrics and gynecology
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sexology ⓘ |
| hasGenreOfBiographicalWork | television drama series ⓘ |
| influenced |
clinical sex therapy
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sex research ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | William Howell Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
development of sex therapy techniques for couples
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pioneering laboratory-based research on human sexual response ⓘ |
| notableConcept | four-phase model of human sexual response ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Human Sexual Inadequacy
NERFINISHED
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Human Sexual Response NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
gynecologist
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sexologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Masters of Sex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
physiology of human sexual response
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sexual dysfunction ⓘ |
| researchMethod | laboratory observation of sexual response ⓘ |
| residence | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Ellis
NERFINISHED
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Virginia E. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Masters Description of subject: William Masters is a pioneering American gynecologist and sexologist whose research on human sexuality was dramatized in the television series "Masters of Sex."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William H. Masters