Poindexter "Fool" Williams
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Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror film *The People Under the Stairs*, who becomes trapped in a sinister house while uncovering its dark secrets.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fool (Poindexter Williams) in The People Under the Stairs | 1 |
| Poindexter "Fool" Williams canonical | 1 |
| Poindexter Williams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5588940 — 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: Poindexter "Fool" Williams Context triple: [The People Under the Stairs, mainCharacter, Poindexter "Fool" Williams]
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A.
John Poindexter
John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
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B.
Miles Goodman
Miles Goodman was an American composer and jazz record producer best known for his film scores, particularly for popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
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D.
Axel Foley
Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
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E.
Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
- 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: Poindexter "Fool" Williams Target entity description: Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror film *The People Under the Stairs*, who becomes trapped in a sinister house while uncovering its dark secrets.
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A.
John Poindexter
John Poindexter is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and government official best known for serving as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan and for his central role in the Iran-Contra affair.
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B.
Miles Goodman
Miles Goodman was an American composer and jazz record producer best known for his film scores, particularly for popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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C.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
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D.
Axel Foley
Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.
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E.
Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner was a British television writer and script editor best known for his influential work on early Doctor Who and other popular 1960s adventure and spy series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| age | young boy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1991 film The People Under the Stairs
ⓘ
The People Under the Stairs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alice (The People Under the Stairs)
ⓘ
linked to:
The People Under the Stairs
Leroy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Wes Craven ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The People Under the Stairs universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The People Under the Stairs
|
| filmGenreOfWork | horror ⓘ |
| fullName |
Poindexter Williams
ⓘ
linked to:
Poindexter "Fool" Williams
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| houseTrappedIn | Robeson house ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | hero ⓘ |
| nickname | Fool ⓘ |
| notableAction |
breaks into the Robesons' house
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helps free the captives under the stairs ⓘ uncovers the dark secrets of the house ⓘ |
| occupation | child burglar ⓘ |
| opposes |
the Robeson couple
ⓘ
the people under the stairs ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Brandon Adams ⓘ |
| roleInWork | main protagonist of The People Under the Stairs ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| themeInStory |
class struggle
ⓘ
resistance against oppression ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1991 ⓘ |
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: Poindexter "Fool" Williams Description of subject: Poindexter "Fool" Williams is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror film *The People Under the Stairs*, who becomes trapped in a sinister house while uncovering its dark secrets.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Poindexter "Fool" Williams
linked to: Poindexter "Fool" Williams