Wilmer C. Butler
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Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
All labels observed (1)
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| Wilmer C. Butler canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1560631 — 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: Wilmer C. Butler Context triple: [Bill Butler, birthName, Wilmer C. Butler]
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Lofton R. Henderson
Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
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Maxwell R. Thurman
Maxwell R. Thurman was a U.S. Army four-star general best known for leading the 1989 invasion of Panama and for his influential roles in military personnel and training policy.
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Delbert D. Black
Delbert D. Black was a United States Navy sailor who became the first senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations, helping to shape the modern role and voice of enlisted personnel in the Navy.
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Richmond K. Turner
Richmond K. Turner was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his pivotal role in planning and directing major amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater.
- 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: Wilmer C. Butler Target entity description: Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
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A.
Lofton R. Henderson
Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
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B.
Maxwell R. Thurman
Maxwell R. Thurman was a U.S. Army four-star general best known for leading the 1989 invasion of Panama and for his influential roles in military personnel and training policy.
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C.
Delbert D. Black
Delbert D. Black was a United States Navy sailor who became the first senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations, helping to shape the modern role and voice of enlisted personnel in the Navy.
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Richmond K. Turner
Richmond K. Turner was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his pivotal role in planning and directing major amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American cinematographer
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cinematographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bill Butler ⓘ |
| birthName | Wilmer C. Butler ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | cinematography ⓘ |
| genre | feature films ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work as director of photography on Jaws
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work as director of photography on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ⓘ work as director of photography on Rocky II–IV ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Wilmer C. Butler ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jaws
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ⓘ
linked to:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel)
Rocky II ⓘ Rocky III ⓘ Rocky IV ⓘ |
| occupation | cinematographer ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Jaws
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ⓘ
linked to:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rocky II ⓘ Rocky III ⓘ Rocky IV ⓘ |
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: Wilmer C. Butler Description of subject: Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.