William (Westworld)
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William (Westworld) is a central character in the TV series "Westworld," initially introduced as a naive newcomer to the park who gradually transforms into the ruthless figure known as the Man in Black.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William (Westworld) canonical | 1 |
| William in Westworld | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6942675 — 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 (Westworld) Context triple: [Man in Black (Westworld), hasRealIdentity, William (Westworld)]
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A.
Lawrence in Westworld
Lawrence in Westworld is a recurring outlaw and complex ally of the Man in Black in the HBO science-fiction series Westworld, known for his sardonic wit and evolving self-awareness as a host.
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B.
Winston Bishop
Winston Bishop is a quirky, big-hearted former athlete turned prank-loving roommate on the sitcom "New Girl," known for his eccentric humor and deep loyalty to his friends.
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C.
John Bailey
John Bailey is an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous acclaimed films, including the classic comedy "Groundhog Day."
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D.
Winston Zeddemore
Winston Zeddemore is one of the core members of the Ghostbusters team, known as the down-to-earth everyman who joins the group as their fourth ghost hunter.
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E.
Will Robinson
Will Robinson is the young, resourceful son of the Robinson family and a central protagonist in the science fiction adventure series "Lost in Space."
- 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 (Westworld) Target entity description: William (Westworld) is a central character in the TV series "Westworld," initially introduced as a naive newcomer to the park who gradually transforms into the ruthless figure known as the Man in Black.
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A.
Lawrence in Westworld
Lawrence in Westworld is a recurring outlaw and complex ally of the Man in Black in the HBO science-fiction series Westworld, known for his sardonic wit and evolving self-awareness as a host.
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B.
Winston Bishop
Winston Bishop is a quirky, big-hearted former athlete turned prank-loving roommate on the sitcom "New Girl," known for his eccentric humor and deep loyalty to his friends.
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C.
John Bailey
John Bailey is an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous acclaimed films, including the classic comedy "Groundhog Day."
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D.
Winston Zeddemore
Winston Zeddemore is one of the core members of the Ghostbusters team, known as the down-to-earth everyman who joins the group as their fourth ghost hunter.
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E.
Will Robinson
Will Robinson is the young, resourceful son of the Robinson family and a central protagonist in the science fiction adventure series "Lost in Space."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| affiliation | Delos Incorporated ⓘ |
| alias | Man in Black ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Westworld
ⓘ
Westworld (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Westworld
|
| basedOn | character concept from Westworld franchise ⓘ |
| characterArc | naive newcomer who becomes ruthless and violent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States (work of fiction)
ⓘ
linked to:
United States (fictional setting)
|
| creator |
Jonathan Nolan
ⓘ
Lisa Joy ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Dolores Abernathy
ⓘ
Maeve Millay ⓘ hosts seeking freedom ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Westworld season 1
ⓘ
episode "The Original" ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
science fiction television
ⓘ
western television ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | used to explore duality of human nature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonist
ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ |
| network | HBO ⓘ |
| notableAction |
abuses and manipulates hosts
ⓘ
invests heavily in Westworld ⓘ obsessively searches for the Maze ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
executive ⓘ |
| partOf |
Westworld franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Westworld (franchise)
|
| personalityTrait |
initially idealistic
ⓘ
later sadistic ⓘ obsessive ⓘ |
| portrayalAge | older William portrayed by Ed Harris ⓘ |
| portrayalAge | young William portrayed by Jimmi Simpson ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Ed Harris
ⓘ
Jimmi Simpson ⓘ |
| relationship | develops romantic attachment to Dolores Abernathy ⓘ |
| relative |
James Delos
ⓘ
Logan Delos ⓘ |
| setting | Westworld park ⓘ |
| spouse | Juliet Delos ⓘ |
| status | alive (at series start) ⓘ |
| theme |
exploration of free will
ⓘ
identity ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
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 (Westworld) Description of subject: William (Westworld) is a central character in the TV series "Westworld," initially introduced as a naive newcomer to the park who gradually transforms into the ruthless figure known as the Man in Black.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Man in Black in Westworld
linked to: William (Westworld)