William Shaw
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William Shaw is a central pirate character in the 1995 adventure film "Cutthroat Island," known for partnering with the protagonist in a quest for buried treasure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Shaw canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9741984 — 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 Shaw Context triple: [Cutthroat Island, otherMainCharacter, William Shaw]
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A.
John Shaw
John Shaw is a musician best known as a member of the American noise rock band Magik Markers.
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B.
George Ayscue
George Ayscue was a 17th-century English naval officer and admiral who served prominently in the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
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C.
Stephen Langdon
Stephen Langdon was an American Assyriologist and archaeologist known for his early 20th-century excavations in Mesopotamia and his contributions to the study of Sumerian texts and ancient Near Eastern history.
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D.
John Underhill
John Underhill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, for which he received the prestigious William Smith Medal.
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E.
John Underhill
John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
- 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 Shaw Target entity description: William Shaw is a central pirate character in the 1995 adventure film "Cutthroat Island," known for partnering with the protagonist in a quest for buried treasure.
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A.
John Shaw
John Shaw is a musician best known as a member of the American noise rock band Magik Markers.
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B.
George Ayscue
George Ayscue was a 17th-century English naval officer and admiral who served prominently in the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
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C.
Stephen Langdon
Stephen Langdon was an American Assyriologist and archaeologist known for his early 20th-century excavations in Mesopotamia and his contributions to the study of Sumerian texts and ancient Near Eastern history.
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D.
John Underhill
John Underhill was a 17th-century English colonial soldier and militia leader in New England, known for his prominent and controversial role in early Native American conflicts.
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E.
John Underhill
John Underhill is a distinguished geologist recognized for his significant contributions to the earth sciences, for which he received the prestigious William Smith Medal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Cutthroat Island ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | swashbuckler film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | buried treasure ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor | Cutthroat Island ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Cutthroat Island universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Cutthroat Island
|
| genre | adventure film character ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
adventurer
ⓘ
outlaw ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
ⓘ
protagonist’s ally ⓘ |
| occupation | pirate ⓘ |
| partnerOf | Morgan Adams ⓘ |
| partOf | Cutthroat Island cast ⓘ |
| pursues | treasure hunt ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1995 ⓘ |
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 Shaw Description of subject: William Shaw is a central pirate character in the 1995 adventure film "Cutthroat Island," known for partnering with the protagonist in a quest for buried treasure.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.