Captain Philip Astley
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Captain Philip Astley was a British military officer best known as the husband of acclaimed English actress Madeleine Carroll.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Captain Philip Astley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7625874 — 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: Captain Philip Astley Context triple: [Madeleine Carroll, spouse, Captain Philip Astley]
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A.
William Peachey
William Peachey was a 19th-century British architect known for his work on major railway buildings, including the design of York railway station.
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B.
Beau Nash
Beau Nash was an influential 18th-century English dandy and master of ceremonies at Bath, famed for shaping the city’s social scene and fashionable society.
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C.
Robert Pigot
Robert Pigot was a British Army officer best known for his role as a commanding officer during the early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo was an American film director and actor best known for his work during the silent era, including classics like "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1925).
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E.
William Hedley
William Hedley was an early 19th-century English engineer best known for pioneering steam locomotive design during the formative years of railway development.
- 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: Captain Philip Astley Target entity description: Captain Philip Astley was a British military officer best known as the husband of acclaimed English actress Madeleine Carroll.
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A.
William Peachey
William Peachey was a 19th-century British architect known for his work on major railway buildings, including the design of York railway station.
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B.
Beau Nash
Beau Nash was an influential 18th-century English dandy and master of ceremonies at Bath, famed for shaping the city’s social scene and fashionable society.
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C.
Robert Pigot
Robert Pigot was a British Army officer best known for his role as a commanding officer during the early battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo was an American film director and actor best known for his work during the silent era, including classics like "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" (1925).
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E.
William Hedley
William Hedley was an early 19th-century English engineer best known for pioneering steam locomotive design during the formative years of railway development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (11)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military officer
ⓘ
English film actress ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the husband of English actress Madeleine Carroll ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Captain Philip Astley
ⓘ
Madeleine Carroll ⓘ |
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: Captain Philip Astley Description of subject: Captain Philip Astley was a British military officer best known as the husband of acclaimed English actress Madeleine Carroll.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.