William Mullins
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William Mullins was an early 17th-century English colonist and Mayflower passenger, known as the father of fellow passenger Priscilla Mullins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Mullins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8875872 — 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 Mullins Context triple: [Priscilla Mullins, father, William Mullins]
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A.
Roger Mullin
Roger Mullin is a Scottish politician and academic who served as the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
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B.
Anthony McHenry
Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
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C.
Michael Holbrook
Michael Holbrook is a personal name most notably associated with individuals in English-speaking countries, sometimes appearing as a given and family name combination.
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D.
Paul Schoolman
Paul Schoolman is a filmmaker and writer best known for his work on independent films and for being married to South African actress Alice Krige.
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E.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
- 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 Mullins Target entity description: William Mullins was an early 17th-century English colonist and Mayflower passenger, known as the father of fellow passenger Priscilla Mullins.
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A.
Roger Mullin
Roger Mullin is a Scottish politician and academic who served as the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
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B.
Anthony McHenry
Anthony McHenry is an American professional basketball player best known for his long, successful career in Japan’s B.League, particularly as a key contributor to the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
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C.
Michael Holbrook
Michael Holbrook is a personal name most notably associated with individuals in English-speaking countries, sometimes appearing as a given and family name combination.
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D.
Paul Schoolman
Paul Schoolman is a filmmaker and writer best known for his work on independent films and for being married to South African actress Alice Krige.
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E.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English colonist
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Mayflower passenger ⓘ early 17th-century person ⓘ |
| arrivedIn | Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mayflower Compact signatories
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Pilgrims NERFINISHED ⓘ Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cole's Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness during first winter in Plymouth ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| child | Priscilla Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfArrival | 1620 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1621 ⓘ |
| destination | Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Priscilla Mullins
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traveling on the Mayflower in 1620 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
ⓘ
shoemaker ⓘ |
| ownedProperty | house and land in Dorking, Surrey ⓘ |
| partOf | Plymouth Colony settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Plymouth Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Joseph Mullins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sarah Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence | Dorking, Surrey, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| shipPassenger | Mayflower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Alice Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startPoint | Plymouth, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traveledWith |
Alice Mullins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ Priscilla Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteDocument | will made in Plymouth Colony ⓘ |
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 Mullins Description of subject: William Mullins was an early 17th-century English colonist and Mayflower passenger, known as the father of fellow passenger Priscilla Mullins.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.