Robin Williams
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Robin Williams was an acclaimed American actor and comedian known for his rapid-fire improvisational style and memorable roles in films such as "Good Will Hunting," "Dead Poets Society," and "Mrs. Doubtfire."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robin Williams canonical | 178 |
| Paul Barnell – Robin Williams | 1 |
| Robin McLaurin Williams | 1 |
| Robin Williams family | 1 |
| Simon Roberts – Robin Williams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T389970 — 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: Robin Williams Context triple: [Richard Pryor, influenced, Robin Williams]
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A.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
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B.
Steve Martin
Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician renowned for his influential stand-up comedy, film roles, and contributions to American humor.
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C.
Bill Murray
Bill Murray is an American actor and comedian renowned for his deadpan humor and iconic roles in films such as "Ghostbusters," "Groundhog Day," and "Lost in Translation."
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D.
James Woods
James Woods is an American actor known for his intense performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in movies such as "Salvador," "Videodrome," and "Casino."
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E.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his stand-up, film roles, and multiple stints hosting the Academy Awards.
- 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: Robin Williams Target entity description: Robin Williams was an acclaimed American actor and comedian known for his rapid-fire improvisational style and memorable roles in films such as "Good Will Hunting," "Dead Poets Society," and "Mrs. Doubtfire."
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A.
Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church is an American actor known for roles in the TV series "Wings" and films such as "Sideways" and "Spider-Man 3."
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B.
Steve Martin
Steve Martin is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician renowned for his influential stand-up comedy, film roles, and contributions to American humor.
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C.
Bill Murray
Bill Murray is an American actor and comedian renowned for his deadpan humor and iconic roles in films such as "Ghostbusters," "Groundhog Day," and "Lost in Translation."
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D.
James Woods
James Woods is an American actor known for his intense performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in movies such as "Salvador," "Videodrome," and "Casino."
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E.
Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker renowned for his stand-up, film roles, and multiple stints hosting the Academy Awards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
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: Robin Williams Description of subject: Robin Williams was an acclaimed American actor and comedian known for his rapid-fire improvisational style and memorable roles in films such as "Good Will Hunting," "Dead Poets Society," and "Mrs. Doubtfire."
Referenced by (182)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Best Supporting Actor
subject linked to:
Pryor
linked to: Robin Williams
subject linked to:
Insomnia
subject linked to:
Aladdin
subject linked to:
song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
subject linked to:
album "Spontaneous Inventions"