William MacAskill
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William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and Oxford academic best known as a co-founder and leading theorist of the effective altruism movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William MacAskill canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17228882 — 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 MacAskill Context triple: [effective altruism, hasKeyFigure, William MacAskill]
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A.
John MacCormick
John MacCormick was a prominent Scottish lawyer and political activist best known for his leading role in the mid-20th-century Scottish home rule and devolution movement.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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C.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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D.
Douglas Mackinnon
Douglas Mackinnon is a Scottish television director best known for his work on series such as Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Good Omens.
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E.
Ewen Macdonald
Ewen Macdonald was a Presbyterian minister best known as the husband of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- 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 MacAskill Target entity description: William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and Oxford academic best known as a co-founder and leading theorist of the effective altruism movement.
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A.
John MacCormick
John MacCormick was a prominent Scottish lawyer and political activist best known for his leading role in the mid-20th-century Scottish home rule and devolution movement.
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B.
Robert MacLean
Robert MacLean is known primarily as the husband of sociologist Annie Marion MacLean, who was a prominent figure in early American sociology.
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C.
Richard Macdonald
Richard Macdonald was a British production designer and art director known for his distinctive visual work on films including the 1991 movie "The Addams Family."
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D.
Douglas Mackinnon
Douglas Mackinnon is a Scottish television director best known for his work on series such as Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Good Omens.
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E.
Ewen Macdonald
Ewen Macdonald was a Presbyterian minister best known as the husband of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.