Donald Houston
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Donald Houston was a Welsh actor known for his roles in British films such as "The Blue Lagoon," "The Longest Day," and "Where Eagles Dare."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Donald Houston canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8580120 — 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: Donald Houston Context triple: [Glyn Houston, sibling, Donald Houston]
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A.
Ronald Hines
Ronald Hines was a British character actor known for his extensive work in film and television from the mid-20th century onward.
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B.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is the son of renowned gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston and the brother of legendary pop icon Whitney Houston.
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C.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston family, known for its historical and social significance.
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D.
Ian Dallas
Ian Dallas is a video game designer and creative director best known as the lead creator behind the narrative-driven game What Remains of Edith Finch.
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E.
Henry McDaniel
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
- 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: Donald Houston Target entity description: Donald Houston was a Welsh actor known for his roles in British films such as "The Blue Lagoon," "The Longest Day," and "Where Eagles Dare."
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A.
Ronald Hines
Ronald Hines was a British character actor known for his extensive work in film and television from the mid-20th century onward.
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B.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is the son of renowned gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston and the brother of legendary pop icon Whitney Houston.
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C.
Michael Houston
Michael Houston is a member of the prominent Warwick–Houston family, known for its historical and social significance.
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D.
Ian Dallas
Ian Dallas is a video game designer and creative director best known as the lead creator behind the narrative-driven game What Remains of Edith Finch.
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E.
Henry McDaniel
Henry McDaniel was the father of Academy Award–winning actress Hattie McDaniel, known primarily in historical records for this parental connection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Welsh actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-10-13 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Welsh ⓘ |
| familyName | Houston ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Donald Houston ⓘ |
| nationality | Welsh ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Run for Your Money
ⓘ
Room at the Top ⓘ The Blue Lagoon ⓘ The Desperados ⓘ The Long Haul ⓘ The Longest Day ⓘ The Sea Shall Not Have Them ⓘ The Secret Partner ⓘ The Vikings ⓘ Where Eagles Dare ⓘ Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rhondda
ⓘ
linked to:
Rhondda Valley
Tonypandy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sibling | Glyn Houston ⓘ |
| workedIn | British cinema ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1940s–1980s ⓘ |
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: Donald Houston Description of subject: Donald Houston was a Welsh actor known for his roles in British films such as "The Blue Lagoon," "The Longest Day," and "Where Eagles Dare."
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.