Bill Tilden
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Bill Tilden was a dominant American tennis player of the 1920s, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Tilden canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4444436 — 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: Bill Tilden Context triple: [Tilden, hasNotableBearer, Bill Tilden]
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A.
Dwight F. Davis
Dwight F. Davis was an American politician and philanthropist best known as the founder of the international tennis competition now called the Davis Cup.
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B.
William Russell Grace
William Russell Grace was an Irish-American shipping magnate and politician who became the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and founder of the trading firm W.R. Grace and Company.
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C.
Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer is a film producer, author, and humanitarian best known as the son and biographer of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and for his work preserving her legacy.
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D.
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe was a pioneering American tennis champion and civil rights advocate, renowned as the first Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
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E.
Rod Laver
Rod Laver is an Australian tennis legend widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, famed for winning two calendar-year Grand Slams.
- 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: Bill Tilden Target entity description: Bill Tilden was a dominant American tennis player of the 1920s, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
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A.
Dwight F. Davis
Dwight F. Davis was an American politician and philanthropist best known as the founder of the international tennis competition now called the Davis Cup.
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B.
William Russell Grace
William Russell Grace was an Irish-American shipping magnate and politician who became the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and founder of the trading firm W.R. Grace and Company.
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C.
Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer is a film producer, author, and humanitarian best known as the son and biographer of iconic actress Audrey Hepburn and for his work preserving her legacy.
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D.
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe was a pioneering American tennis champion and civil rights advocate, renowned as the first Black man to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
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E.
Rod Laver
Rod Laver is an Australian tennis legend widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, famed for winning two calendar-year Grand Slams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American tennis player
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human ⓘ tennis player ⓘ world No. 1 tennis player ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-02-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1953-06-05 ⓘ |
| DavisCupTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| era | 1920s ⓘ |
| familyName | Tilden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchChampionshipsSinglesTitles | 1 ⓘ |
| fullName | William Tatem Tilden II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| grandSlamSinglesTitles | 10 ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | International Tennis Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| handedness | right-handed ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.88 m ⓘ |
| isConsideredOneOf | greatest tennis players of all time ⓘ |
| knownFor |
powerful forehand
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psychological tactics on court ⓘ strategic use of spin ⓘ |
| nickname |
Big Bill
NERFINISHED
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Bill Tilden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRival |
Bill Johnston
NERFINISHED
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Henri Cochet NERFINISHED ⓘ René Lacoste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | tennis player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedEra | amateur era of tennis ⓘ |
| playedFor | United States Davis Cup team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInTennis | world No. 1 ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | tennis ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | baseline-dominant ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1931 ⓘ |
| USOpenSinglesTitles | 7 ⓘ |
| wasRankedWorldNumberOneFrom | 1920 ⓘ |
| wasRankedWorldNumberOneUntil | 1925 ⓘ |
| WimbledonSinglesTitles | 3 ⓘ |
| wrote |
Glory’s Net
NERFINISHED
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Match Play and the Spin of the Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ The Art of Lawn Tennis NERFINISHED ⓘ various articles on tennis strategy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bill Tilden Description of subject: Bill Tilden was a dominant American tennis player of the 1920s, widely regarded as one of the greatest in the sport’s history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.