Michael William

E413789

human

Michael William is the given name of Michael William Balfe, a 19th-century Irish composer best known for his operas such as "The Bohemian Girl."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Michael William canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4102373 — 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: Michael William
Context triple: [Michael William Balfe, givenName, Michael William]

A. Michael Stephen
Michael Stephen is a physicist best known for co-developing the influential Bardeen–Stephen model that describes flux flow in type-II superconductors.
B. Micheal
Micheal is a given name, typically a variant spelling of the more common name Michael.
C. Michael David
Michael David is an actor known for his role in the classic 1958 film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness."
D. Michaël
Michaël is a given name, typically a French or Dutch variant of the name Michael, used for males in various European countries.
E. Michael Evans
Michael Evans is a smart, socially conscious teenage son in the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," often serving as the show's outspoken voice on political and racial issues.
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: Michael William
Target entity description: Michael William is the given name of Michael William Balfe, a 19th-century Irish composer best known for his operas such as "The Bohemian Girl."

A. Michael Stephen
Michael Stephen is a physicist best known for co-developing the influential Bardeen–Stephen model that describes flux flow in type-II superconductors.
B. Micheal
Micheal is a given name, typically a variant spelling of the more common name Michael.
C. Michael David
Michael David is an actor known for his role in the classic 1958 film "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness."
D. Michaël
Michaël is a given name, typically a French or Dutch variant of the name Michael, used for males in various European countries.
E. Michael Evans
Michael Evans is a smart, socially conscious teenage son in the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," often serving as the show's outspoken voice on political and racial issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ
birthDate	1808-05-15 ⓘ
birthPlace	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ
countryOfActivity	Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1870-10-20 ⓘ
deathPlace	England ⓘ Rowney Abbey ⓘ surface form: Rowney Abbey, Hertfordshire
ethnicity	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Balfe ⓘ
fullName	Michael William Balfe ⓘ
genre	opera ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ William ⓘ
hasGivenNameCombination	Michael William self-linksurface differs ⓘ
instrument	violin ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ
movement	Romantic music ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
notableFor	The Bohemian Girl being widely performed ⓘ composing operas ⓘ
notableWork	Sir John Falstaff ⓘ surface form: Falstaff Satanella ⓘ The Bohemian Girl ⓘ The Maid of Artois ⓘ The Siege of Rochelle ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ opera composer ⓘ violinist ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balfe → givenName → Michael William ⓘ

subject surface form: Michael William Balfe

Michael William → hasGivenNameCombination → Michael William self-linksurface differs ⓘ