William Houston
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William Houston is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical and fantasy productions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Houston canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4751014 — 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 Houston Context triple: [Dracula Untold, castMember, William Houston]
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A.
Philip Barton Key II
Philip Barton Key II was a 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, best known for his scandalous affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles and his subsequent murder by her husband, Congressman Daniel Sickles.
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B.
Fairfax Grant
Fairfax Grant was a colonial-era land grant in the mid-Atlantic region that played a key role in shaping the historical boundary between Maryland and what is now West Virginia.
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C.
George Rogers Clark Todd
George Rogers Clark Todd was a 19th-century American physician and Confederate army surgeon, known as the half-brother of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
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D.
John Houstoun
John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
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E.
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer best known for his Academy Award–nominated portrayal of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson."
- 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 Houston Target entity description: William Houston is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical and fantasy productions.
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A.
Philip Barton Key II
Philip Barton Key II was a 19th-century American lawyer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, best known for his scandalous affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles and his subsequent murder by her husband, Congressman Daniel Sickles.
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B.
Fairfax Grant
Fairfax Grant was a colonial-era land grant in the mid-Atlantic region that played a key role in shaping the historical boundary between Maryland and what is now West Virginia.
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C.
George Rogers Clark Todd
George Rogers Clark Todd was a 19th-century American physician and Confederate army surgeon, known as the half-brother of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
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D.
John Houstoun
John Houstoun was an American lawyer and politician who served as a governor of Georgia during the late 18th century.
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E.
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer best known for his Academy Award–nominated portrayal of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the 1944 film "Wilson."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British actor
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actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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historical drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
roles in fantasy productions
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roles in historical productions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bridget Jones's Diary
NERFINISHED
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Casualty (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Game of Thrones (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry V (stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Misérables (stage production) NERFINISHED ⓘ New Tricks (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows NERFINISHED ⓘ Silent Witness (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Kingdom (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pianist (2002 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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 Houston Description of subject: William Houston is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre, including roles in historical and fantasy productions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dracula Untold