William Robinson
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William Robinson is the resourceful patriarch and leader of the shipwrecked family in Johann David Wyss’s classic adventure novel "The Swiss Family Robinson."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Robinson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5664599 — 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 Robinson Context triple: [The Swiss Family Robinson, mainCharacter, William Robinson]
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A.
William Robinson Jr.
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
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B.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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C.
Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
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D.
John Edward Mower
John Edward Mower was a 19th-century American politician and early settler in Minnesota after whom Mower County was named.
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E.
William Kenwright
William Kenwright was a prominent British theatre producer and film producer, best known for his long-running West End shows and his ownership and chairmanship of Everton Football Club.
- 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 Robinson Target entity description: William Robinson is the resourceful patriarch and leader of the shipwrecked family in Johann David Wyss’s classic adventure novel "The Swiss Family Robinson."
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A.
William Robinson Jr.
William Robinson Jr. is the birth name of Smokey Robinson, the legendary American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a key figure in the development of Motown.
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B.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
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C.
Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
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D.
John Edward Mower
John Edward Mower was a 19th-century American politician and early settler in Minnesota after whom Mower County was named.
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E.
William Kenwright
William Kenwright was a prominent British theatre producer and film producer, best known for his long-running West End shows and his ownership and chairmanship of Everton Football Club.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
comic adaptations of The Swiss Family Robinson
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film adaptations of The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ television adaptations of The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Johann David Wyss ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Swiss Family Robinson ⓘ |
| child |
Ernest Robinson
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Franz Robinson ⓘ Fritz Robinson ⓘ Jack Robinson ⓘ |
| createdBy | Johann David Wyss ⓘ |
| familyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
The Swiss Family Robinson universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Swiss Family Robinson
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| firstPublicationYear | 1812 ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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children's literature ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| moralRoleInWork | embodiment of Christian family values ⓘ |
| name | William Robinson ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableAction |
domesticates animals on the island
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leads his family after a shipwreck ⓘ organizes the construction of shelters ⓘ teaches his sons survival skills ⓘ |
| notableTrait |
pious
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practical ⓘ protective father ⓘ resourceful ⓘ |
| occupation | pastor ⓘ |
| primaryResidenceInWork | treehouse dwelling on the island ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
family leader
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patriarch ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | desert island ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Robinson ⓘ |
| targetAudienceOfWork | children and young adults ⓘ |
| teaches |
animal husbandry to his sons
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botany to his sons ⓘ hunting and fishing to his sons ⓘ practical engineering to his sons ⓘ |
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 Robinson Description of subject: William Robinson is the resourceful patriarch and leader of the shipwrecked family in Johann David Wyss’s classic adventure novel "The Swiss Family Robinson."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.