William H. Muir
E428804
William H. Muir is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Muir, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William H. Muir canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4305211 — 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 H. Muir Context triple: [Muir, hasNotableBearer, William H. Muir]
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A.
Henry George de Mille
Henry George de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his collaborations with David Belasco and as the father of filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille and choreographer Agnes de Mille.
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B.
S. G. Goodrich
S. G. Goodrich was a 19th-century American author, editor, and publisher best known for his popular educational works under the pseudonym "Peter Parley."
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C.
G. Albert Lansburgh
G. Albert Lansburgh was an American architect best known for his elegant theater and opera house designs in the early 20th century, particularly on the West Coast.
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D.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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E.
William Rose
William Rose was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic comedies such as "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
- 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 H. Muir Target entity description: William H. Muir is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Muir, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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A.
Henry George de Mille
Henry George de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his collaborations with David Belasco and as the father of filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille and choreographer Agnes de Mille.
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B.
S. G. Goodrich
S. G. Goodrich was a 19th-century American author, editor, and publisher best known for his popular educational works under the pseudonym "Peter Parley."
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C.
G. Albert Lansburgh
G. Albert Lansburgh was an American architect best known for his elegant theater and opera house designs in the early 20th century, particularly on the West Coast.
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D.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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E.
William Rose
William Rose was an American screenwriter best known for his work on classic comedies such as "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (5)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| familyName | Muir ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasName | William H. Muir ⓘ |
| notableFor | being individually distinguished among people with the surname Muir ⓘ |
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 H. Muir Description of subject: William H. Muir is an individual notable enough to be specifically distinguished among people sharing the surname Muir, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.