Onus
E599099
Onus is a surname most notably associated with William Onus, an influential Australian Aboriginal activist and leader in the mid-20th century civil rights movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Onus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6642821 — 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: Onus Context triple: [William Onus, familyName, Onus]
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A.
Overload
"Overload" is a song featured on the album "All I Want Is You."
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B.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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C.
Uproar
"Uproar" is a popular 2018 hip-hop single by Lil Wayne, known for its energetic beat, viral dance challenge, and prominent use of a classic G Herbo/DMX-style sample.
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D.
Pariah
Pariah is a 2011 independent coming-of-age drama film about a Brooklyn teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian, noted for its intimate storytelling and evocative cinematography.
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E.
Pariah
Pariah is a film production company known for producing the post-apocalyptic zombie comedy "Zombieland."
- 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: Onus Target entity description: Onus is a surname most notably associated with William Onus, an influential Australian Aboriginal activist and leader in the mid-20th century civil rights movement.
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A.
Overload
"Overload" is a song by the Christian rock band Darkness and Light, likely featuring their characteristic blend of heavy guitar-driven sound and spiritually themed lyrics.
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B.
Overload
"Overload" is a song featured on the album "All I Want Is You."
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C.
Uproar
"Uproar" is a popular 2018 hip-hop single by Lil Wayne, known for its energetic beat, viral dance challenge, and prominent use of a classic G Herbo/DMX-style sample.
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D.
Pariah
Pariah is a 2011 independent coming-of-age drama film about a Brooklyn teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian, noted for its intimate storytelling and evocative cinematography.
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E.
Pariah
Pariah is a film production company known for producing the post-apocalyptic zombie comedy "Zombieland."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal activist
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civil rights leader ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Australian Aboriginal civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Australian Aboriginal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Onus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerson | William Onus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSurname | Onus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| movement | Australian Aboriginal civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer | William Onus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | mid-20th century Australian Aboriginal civil rights activism ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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community leader ⓘ |
| usedAs | surname in Australia ⓘ |
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: Onus Description of subject: Onus is a surname most notably associated with William Onus, an influential Australian Aboriginal activist and leader in the mid-20th century civil rights movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.