My Name Is Bill W.
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My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 television drama film about the life of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson and the origins of the AA movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Name Is Bill W. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7235305 — 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: My Name Is Bill W. Context triple: [JoBeth Williams, notableWork, My Name Is Bill W.]
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A.
Twist in My Sobriety
"Twist in My Sobriety" is a melancholic 1988 art-pop song by British singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, known for its haunting vocals, oboe-led arrangement, and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Stone Cold Sober
"Stone Cold Sober" is a soul-pop song by British singer Paloma Faith that served as her debut single and introduced her distinctive retro-influenced style.
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C.
What Addicts Know
"What Addicts Know" is a self-help and memoir-style book by Christopher Kennedy Lawford that shares insights and life lessons drawn from the experiences of addiction and recovery.
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D.
La Adicción
La Adicción is the passionate and famously intense supporter group of the Mexican football club C.F. Monterrey.
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E.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 biographical spy comedy film directed by George Clooney, based on game show host Chuck Barris’s allegedly true memoir about his double life as a CIA assassin.
- 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: My Name Is Bill W. Target entity description: My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 television drama film about the life of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson and the origins of the AA movement.
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A.
Twist in My Sobriety
"Twist in My Sobriety" is a melancholic 1988 art-pop song by British singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, known for its haunting vocals, oboe-led arrangement, and introspective lyrics.
-
B.
Stone Cold Sober
"Stone Cold Sober" is a soul-pop song by British singer Paloma Faith that served as her debut single and introduced her distinctive retro-influenced style.
-
C.
What Addicts Know
"What Addicts Know" is a self-help and memoir-style book by Christopher Kennedy Lawford that shares insights and life lessons drawn from the experiences of addiction and recovery.
-
D.
La Adicción
La Adicción is the passionate and famously intense supporter group of the Mexican football club C.F. Monterrey.
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E.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 biographical spy comedy film directed by George Clooney, based on game show host Chuck Barris’s allegedly true memoir about his double life as a CIA assassin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| about | founding of Alcoholics Anonymous ⓘ |
| awardReceivedBy | James Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Bill Wilson ⓘ |
| character |
Bill Wilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Bob Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Ebby Thacher NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Lohmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
alcoholism
ⓘ
mutual aid fellowship ⓘ spiritual awakening ⓘ |
| director | Daniel Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Frank J. Urioste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Robert Berger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| hasAward | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | color ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Alcoholics Anonymous
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bill Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ alcoholism recovery ⓘ |
| musicBy | Laurence Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| partOf | Hallmark Hall of Fame series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Robert Berger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William G. Borchert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hallmark Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William G. Borchert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Akron, Ohio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTime |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Gary Sinise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Garner NERFINISHED ⓘ James Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ JoBeth Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: My Name Is Bill W. Description of subject: My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 television drama film about the life of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson and the origins of the AA movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.