William Gordon MacRae
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William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Gordon MacRae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10810851 — 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 Gordon MacRae Context triple: [Sheila MacRae, child, William Gordon MacRae]
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A.
John MacRae
John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Donald MacRae
Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
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C.
Iain MacRae
Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
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D.
Allan MacRae
Allan MacRae was an American Presbyterian theologian and biblical scholar known for his conservative evangelical stance and leadership in founding and guiding several theological seminaries.
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E.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
- 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 Gordon MacRae Target entity description: William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
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A.
John MacRae
John MacRae is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including figures in fields such as the military, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Donald MacRae
Donald MacRae is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the MacRae surname.
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C.
Iain MacRae
Iain MacRae is a notable individual who bears the Scottish surname MacRae, recognized among people associated with that family name.
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D.
Allan MacRae
Allan MacRae was an American Presbyterian theologian and biblical scholar known for his conservative evangelical stance and leadership in founding and guiding several theological seminaries.
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E.
Norman MacLeod
Norman MacLeod is a Scottish name borne by several notable figures, including clergymen, writers, and clan leaders prominent in 19th-century Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| childOf | Sheila MacRae ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | MacRae ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasChild | William Gordon MacRae ⓘ |
| middleName | Gordon ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
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 Gordon MacRae Description of subject: William Gordon MacRae is one of the children of British-born American actress and singer Sheila MacRae.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
William Gordon MacRae