Wilding
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Wilding is an English surname borne by various notable individuals in the arts, sports, and public life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wilding canonical | 11 |
| Wilding series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7538659 — 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: Wilding Context triple: [Michael Wilding Jr., familyName, Wilding]
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A.
Wildwood
Wildwood is a popular seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore known for its expansive beaches, lively boardwalk, and classic Doo Wop–style motels.
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B.
Wildlings
The Wildlings, also known as the Free Folk, are the independent and often fiercely resistant people who live beyond the Wall in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* and *Game of Thrones*.
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C.
Wildes
Wildes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including Sarah Wildes.
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D.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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E.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
- 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: Wilding Target entity description: Wilding is an English surname borne by various notable individuals in the arts, sports, and public life.
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A.
Wildwood
Wildwood is a popular seaside resort city on the Jersey Shore known for its expansive beaches, lively boardwalk, and classic Doo Wop–style motels.
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B.
Wildlings
The Wildlings, also known as the Free Folk, are the independent and often fiercely resistant people who live beyond the Wall in the world of *A Song of Ice and Fire* and *Game of Thrones*.
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C.
Wildes
Wildes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals, including Sarah Wildes.
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D.
The Woods
The Woods is a residential neighborhood within the planned community of Burke Centre in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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E.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
New Zealand
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfBirth |
1883
ⓘ
1912 ⓘ 1953 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1915
ⓘ
1979 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Wilding
ⓘ
Wilding ⓘ Wilding ⓘ Wilding ⓘ Wilding ⓘ Wilding ⓘ Wilding ⓘ |
| givenName |
Anthony
ⓘ
Jack ⓘ John ⓘ Michael ⓘ Michael ⓘ Valerie ⓘ William ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anthony Wilding
ⓘ
Jack Wilding ⓘ John Wilding ⓘ Michael Wilding ⓘ Michael Wilding Jr. ⓘ Valerie Wilding ⓘ William Wilding ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ author ⓘ footballer ⓘ horologist ⓘ politician ⓘ tennis player ⓘ |
| parent |
Elizabeth Taylor
ⓘ
Michael Wilding ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
tennis ⓘ |
| usedAs | family name ⓘ |
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: Wilding Description of subject: Wilding is an English surname borne by various notable individuals in the arts, sports, and public life.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.