William Hill
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William Hill is a fictional character from the television series "This Is Us," known as Randall Pearson’s biological father and a former musician struggling with illness and addiction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Hill canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13334436 — 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 Hill Context triple: [Randall Pearson, biologicalFather, William Hill]
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A.
William Hill
William Hill was a 19th-century British architect known for designing prominent civic buildings, including notable town halls in England.
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B.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a major non-profit organization in Hong Kong best known for operating horse racing, sports betting, and lottery services while funding a wide range of charitable and community projects.
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C.
The Barclays
The Barclays was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that served for years as the opening event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
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D.
Ascot Partners
Ascot Partners was a hedge fund that acted as a major feeder fund channeling investor money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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E.
Ascot
Ascot is a village in Berkshire, England, best known for its prestigious racecourse and the annual Royal Ascot horse racing event.
- 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 Hill Target entity description: William Hill is a fictional character from the television series "This Is Us," known as Randall Pearson’s biological father and a former musician struggling with illness and addiction.
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A.
William Hill
William Hill was a 19th-century British architect known for designing prominent civic buildings, including notable town halls in England.
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B.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a major non-profit organization in Hong Kong best known for operating horse racing, sports betting, and lottery services while funding a wide range of charitable and community projects.
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C.
The Barclays
The Barclays was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that served for years as the opening event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
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D.
Ascot Partners
Ascot Partners was a hedge fund that acted as a major feeder fund channeling investor money into Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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E.
Ascot
Ascot is a village in Berkshire, England, best known for its prestigious racecourse and the annual Royal Ascot horse racing event.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
television character ⓘ |
| abandons | Randall Pearson as an infant ⓘ |
| appearsIn | This Is Us ⓘ |
| appearsInSeason |
Season 1
ⓘ
Season 2 ⓘ Season 3 ⓘ Season 4 ⓘ Season 5 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from cancer ⓘ |
| creator | Dan Fogelman ⓘ |
| diesIn | Season 1 of This Is Us ⓘ |
| episodeDebut | Pilot (This Is Us) ⓘ |
| formsBondWith |
Beth Pearson
ⓘ
Pearson family ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | family drama ⓘ |
| hasAddictionHistory | heroin ⓘ |
| hasDisease | stomach cancer ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelation |
biological father of Randall Pearson
ⓘ
grandfather of Annie Pearson ⓘ grandfather of Deja Pearson ⓘ grandfather of Tess Pearson ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasHobby |
cycling
ⓘ
listening to jazz ⓘ writing poetry ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
artistic
ⓘ
gentle ⓘ regretful ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| hasStoryArc |
reconciliation with Randall Pearson
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ |
| knownFor |
poetic monologues
ⓘ
reconnecting with his son late in life ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ron Cephas Jones ⓘ |
| reunitesWith | Randall Pearson ⓘ |
| romanticPartner | Laurel ⓘ |
| setInUniverse | Pearson family timeline ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
drug addiction
ⓘ
illness ⓘ |
| travelsTo | Memphis with Randall Pearson ⓘ |
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 Hill Description of subject: William Hill is a fictional character from the television series "This Is Us," known as Randall Pearson’s biological father and a former musician struggling with illness and addiction.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.