Eric Fletcher Waters
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Eric Fletcher Waters was a British schoolteacher and soldier whose death in World War II profoundly influenced the life and work of his son, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eric Fletcher Waters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199490 — 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: Eric Fletcher Waters Context triple: [Roger Waters, parent, Eric Fletcher Waters]
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A.
William Reynolds
William Reynolds is a film editor best known for his work on the classic crime drama "The Godfather."
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William Reynolds
William Reynolds was an American film and television actor known for his supporting roles in 1950s melodramas and later for co-starring in the TV series "The F.B.I."
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C.
William Reynolds
William Reynolds is a film editor known for his work on the 1960 adventure drama "Wild River."
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D.
William Lee Scott
William Lee Scott is an American actor known for his roles in films like "The Opposite of Sex" and the television series "The Steve Harvey Show."
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E.
Kenneth Darrell Waters
Kenneth Darrell Waters is known primarily as the husband of Enid Mary Pollock.
- 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: Eric Fletcher Waters Target entity description: Eric Fletcher Waters was a British schoolteacher and soldier whose death in World War II profoundly influenced the life and work of his son, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters.
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A.
William Reynolds
William Reynolds is a film editor best known for his work on the classic crime drama "The Godfather."
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B.
William Reynolds
William Reynolds is a film editor known for his work on the 1960 adventure drama "Wild River."
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C.
William Reynolds
William Reynolds was an American film and television actor known for his supporting roles in 1950s melodramas and later for co-starring in the TV series "The F.B.I."
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D.
William Lee Scott
William Lee Scott is an American actor known for his roles in films like "The Opposite of Sex" and the television series "The Steve Harvey Show."
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E.
Kenneth Darrell Waters
Kenneth Darrell Waters is known primarily as the husband of Enid Mary Pollock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ |
| burialPlace | has no known grave; name inscribed on Cassino Memorial ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Roger Waters’ live performances referencing his death
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album "The Final Cut" by Pink Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ song "The Fletcher Memorial Home" by Pink Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ song "When the Tigers Broke Free" by Pink Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1913-01-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1944-02-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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military service ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | English ⓘ |
| influenced | Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in war ⓘ |
| memorial | Cassino Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | second lieutenant ⓘ |
| militaryUnit |
8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
NERFINISHED
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Royal Fusiliers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Eric Fletcher Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death during the Anzio campaign in Italy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters
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death in World War II influencing themes in Pink Floyd lyrics ⓘ |
| occupation |
schoolteacher
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soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn | Battle of Anzio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | County Durham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Anzio, Italy ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | pacifism ⓘ |
| relative | Roger Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christian socialism ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Whyte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Eric Fletcher Waters Description of subject: Eric Fletcher Waters was a British schoolteacher and soldier whose death in World War II profoundly influenced the life and work of his son, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.