William McEwan
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William McEwan is a son of the acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William McEwan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5008145 — 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 McEwan Context triple: [Ian McEwan, hasChild, William McEwan]
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A.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
David MacLean
David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
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D.
Angus Imrie
Angus Imrie is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and radio, including roles in "The Archers" and "The Kid Who Would Be King."
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E.
George Rennie
George Rennie was a 19th-century British sculptor and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and later as Governor of the Falkland Islands.
- 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 McEwan Target entity description: William McEwan is a son of the acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan.
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A.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
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B.
Charles MacDonald
Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
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C.
David MacLean
David MacLean is the young boy protagonist of the 1953 science fiction film "Invaders from Mars," whose perspective drives the story of an alien invasion in his small town.
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D.
Angus Imrie
Angus Imrie is a British actor known for his work in film, television, and radio, including roles in "The Archers" and "The Kid Who Would Be King."
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E.
George Rennie
George Rennie was a 19th-century British sculptor and Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and later as Governor of the Falkland Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (5)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| child | William McEwan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| father | Ian McEwan ⓘ |
| occupation | novelist ⓘ |
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 McEwan Description of subject: William McEwan is a son of the acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William McEwan