William Baldwin
E72331
William Baldwin is an American actor and producer, known as a member of the Baldwin acting family and for roles in films such as "Flatliners," "Sliver," and numerous television series.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Baldwin canonical | 20 |
| Billy Baldwin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577882 — 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 Baldwin Context triple: [Backdraft, stars, William Baldwin]
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A.
Edward FitzRoy
Edward FitzRoy was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943, overseeing Parliament through much of the interwar period and the early years of World War II.
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B.
Owen King
Owen King is an American author and the son of novelist Stephen King, known for his own works of fiction and collaborations with his father.
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C.
Julian Amery
Julian Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister known for his roles in defense and colonial affairs during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Richard Holland
Richard Holland is an American music producer and former husband of renowned singer Chaka Khan.
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E.
Julian Clary
Julian Clary is an English comedian, actor, novelist, and television personality known for his camp style and innuendo-laden humor.
- 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 Baldwin Target entity description: William Baldwin is an American actor and producer, known as a member of the Baldwin acting family and for roles in films such as "Flatliners," "Sliver," and numerous television series.
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A.
Edward FitzRoy
Edward FitzRoy was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death in 1943, overseeing Parliament through much of the interwar period and the early years of World War II.
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B.
Owen King
Owen King is an American author and the son of novelist Stephen King, known for his own works of fiction and collaborations with his father.
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C.
Julian Amery
Julian Amery was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister known for his roles in defense and colonial affairs during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Richard Holland
Richard Holland is an American music producer and former husband of renowned singer Chaka Khan.
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E.
Julian Clary
Julian Clary is an English comedian, actor, novelist, and television personality known for his camp style and innuendo-laden humor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
actor ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
ⓘ
television industry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Baldwin ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Baldwin family ⓘ |
| name | William Baldwin self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Backdraft
ⓘ
Dirty Sexy Money ⓘ Flatliners ⓘ Gossip Girl (in some CW schedules) ⓘ
surface form:
Gossip Girl
Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Hawaii Five-0 (TV series)
Northern Rescue ⓘ Parenthood (TV series) ⓘ Sliver ⓘ The Squid and the Whale ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| sibling |
Alec Baldwin
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Daniel Baldwin ⓘ Stephen Baldwin ⓘ |
| spouse | Chynna Phillips ⓘ |
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 Baldwin Description of subject: William Baldwin is an American actor and producer, known as a member of the Baldwin acting family and for roles in films such as "Flatliners," "Sliver," and numerous television series.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Billy Baldwin