Waters
E420130
Waters is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals across various professions and regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waters canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4194385 — 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: Waters Context triple: [Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters, familyName, Waters]
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A.
The Hydro
The Hydro is a major indoor arena in Glasgow, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale concerts and entertainment events.
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B.
Weir
Weir is a small village in Lancashire, England, situated within the Rossendale Valley and known for its moorland surroundings and former industrial heritage.
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C.
West Water
West Water is a tributary stream of the North Esk River in eastern Scotland.
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D.
Springwater
Springwater is a rural township in central Ontario, Canada, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the city of Barrie.
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E.
King Water
King Water is a small river in Cumbria, England, that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
- 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: Waters Target entity description: Waters is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals across various professions and regions.
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A.
The Hydro
The Hydro is a major indoor arena in Glasgow, Scotland, renowned for hosting large-scale concerts and entertainment events.
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B.
Weir
Weir is a small village in Lancashire, England, situated within the Rossendale Valley and known for its moorland surroundings and former industrial heritage.
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C.
West Water
West Water is a tributary stream of the North Esk River in eastern Scotland.
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D.
Springwater
Springwater is a rural township in central Ontario, Canada, known for its agricultural landscape and proximity to the city of Barrie.
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E.
King Water
King Water is a small river in Cumbria, England, that serves as one of the tributaries feeding into the River Eden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language surname
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| category |
English surnames
ⓘ
surnames derived from nicknames ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom | Middle English word "water" ⓘ |
| familyName | Waters self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
house music ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Crystal Waters
ⓘ
Ethel Waters ⓘ Frank Waters ⓘ John Waters ⓘ Maxine Waters ⓘ Roger Waters ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Water
ⓘ
Waterson ⓘ Watters ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pink Floyd ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
actress ⓘ bassist ⓘ film director ⓘ musician ⓘ politician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ songwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| usageRegion |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
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: Waters Description of subject: Waters is a common English surname borne by numerous individuals across various professions and regions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Roger Waters