Winstone
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Winstone is an English surname most notably borne by actor Ray Winstone, known for his tough-guy roles in film and television.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Winstone canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7546013 — 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: Winstone Context triple: [Ray Winstone, familyName, Winstone]
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A.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
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B.
Talbot
Talbot is a surname of English and Norman origin, historically associated with several notable families and individuals.
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C.
Chas
Chas is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Charles.
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D.
Dorney
Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, best known for Dorney Lake, a major rowing venue used in the 2012 London Olympics.
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E.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
- 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: Winstone Target entity description: Winstone is an English surname most notably borne by actor Ray Winstone, known for his tough-guy roles in film and television.
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A.
Shadbolt
Shadbolt is a surname most notably associated with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a prominent British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher.
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B.
Talbot
Talbot is a surname of English and Norman origin, historically associated with several notable families and individuals.
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C.
Chas
Chas is a common diminutive or nickname for the given name Charles.
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D.
Dorney
Dorney is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, best known for Dorney Lake, a major rowing venue used in the 2012 London Olympics.
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E.
Yates
Yates is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across literature, politics, sports, and other fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-02-19 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Winstone
ⓘ
Winstone ⓘ Winstone ⓘ Winstone ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ |
| givenName | Ray ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Ellie Winstone
ⓘ
Jaime Winstone ⓘ Lois Winstone ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Ray Winstone ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | tough-guy roles ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
ⓘ
television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hackney
ⓘ
linked to:
London Borough of Hackney
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| spouse | Elaine Winstone ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Winstone Description of subject: Winstone is an English surname most notably borne by actor Ray Winstone, known for his tough-guy roles in film and television.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.