William Worthington (actor)
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William Worthington was an American silent film actor and director active in the early 20th century, known for his work in numerous dramas and adventure films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Worthington (actor) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9333172 — 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 Worthington (actor) Context triple: [Worthington, hasNotableBearer, William Worthington (actor)]
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A.
Samuel Henry John Worthington
Samuel Henry John Worthington is an Australian actor best known for starring in blockbuster films such as "Avatar," "Terminator Salvation," and "Clash of the Titans."
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B.
James Duddridge
James Duddridge is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East and has held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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C.
Ormond Beatty
Ormond Beatty was a 19th-century American educator and academic administrator best known for serving as president of Centre College in Kentucky.
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D.
John Willis
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
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E.
William Hinds
William Hinds was a British entrepreneur and film producer best known as the co-founder of the influential horror-focused studio Hammer Film Productions.
- 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 Worthington (actor) Target entity description: William Worthington was an American silent film actor and director active in the early 20th century, known for his work in numerous dramas and adventure films.
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A.
Samuel Henry John Worthington
Samuel Henry John Worthington is an Australian actor best known for starring in blockbuster films such as "Avatar," "Terminator Salvation," and "Clash of the Titans."
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B.
James Duddridge
James Duddridge is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East and has held various ministerial roles, including in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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C.
Ormond Beatty
Ormond Beatty was a 19th-century American educator and academic administrator best known for serving as president of Centre College in Kentucky.
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D.
John Willis
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
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E.
William Hinds
William Hinds was a British entrepreneur and film producer best known as the co-founder of the influential horror-focused studio Hammer Film Productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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film director ⓘ human ⓘ silent film actor ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film acting
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film directing ⓘ motion pictures ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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drama film ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearing in numerous silent adventure films
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appearing in numerous silent dramas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | silent film ⓘ |
| movement | American silent cinema ⓘ |
| name | William Worthington ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
directing silent films
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silent era film roles ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film director ⓘ |
| workPeriod | silent film era ⓘ |
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 Worthington (actor) Description of subject: William Worthington was an American silent film actor and director active in the early 20th century, known for his work in numerous dramas and adventure films.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.