William George Perks
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William George Perks, better known as Bill Wyman, is an English musician and songwriter best known as the longtime bassist for the Rolling Stones.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William George Perks canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6569524 — 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 George Perks Context triple: [Bill Wyman, birthName, William George Perks]
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A.
Percy Pickering
Percy Pickering was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in the late 19th century.
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B.
John Percival
John Percival was a 19th-century British educator and Anglican bishop noted for his influential headmasterships and progressive reforms in public schooling.
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C.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
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D.
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian chemical engineer and academic who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013.
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E.
Thomas Pasley
Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 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 George Perks Target entity description: William George Perks, better known as Bill Wyman, is an English musician and songwriter best known as the longtime bassist for the Rolling Stones.
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A.
Percy Pickering
Percy Pickering was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in the late 19th century.
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B.
John Percival
John Percival was a 19th-century British educator and Anglican bishop noted for his influential headmasterships and progressive reforms in public schooling.
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C.
Percy William Pickering
Percy William Pickering was the father of the British Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan.
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D.
George Maxwell Richards
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian chemical engineer and academic who served as the fourth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013.
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E.
Thomas Pasley
Thomas Pasley was a Royal Navy officer who rose to flag rank during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and saw extensive service in the French Revolutionary Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bill Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1936-10-24 ⓘ |
| birthName | William George Perks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lewisham, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTimeInBand | 1993 ⓘ |
| familyName | Perks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Jessica Rose Wyman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Katherine Noelle Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWork |
Bill Wyman’s Blues Odyssey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stone Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | William George Perks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
archiving Rolling Stones memorabilia
ⓘ
photography ⓘ |
| notableFor | being longtime bassist for The Rolling Stones ⓘ |
| notableWork | In Another Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionInBand | bassist ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
ⓘ
Rolling Stones Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| spouse |
Diane Cory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzanne Accosta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Bill Wyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand | 1962 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.billwyman.com/ ⓘ |
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 George Perks Description of subject: William George Perks, better known as Bill Wyman, is an English musician and songwriter best known as the longtime bassist for the Rolling Stones.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.