William Redfield
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William Redfield was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a notable role in the Western film "Duel at Diablo."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Redfield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2120341 — 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 Redfield Context triple: [Duel at Diablo, starring, William Redfield]
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A.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
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D.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
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E.
G. W. Bailey
G. W. Bailey is an American character actor best known for his gruff, comedic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in the Police Academy series and the crime drama The Closer.
- 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 Redfield Target entity description: William Redfield was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a notable role in the Western film "Duel at Diablo."
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A.
William C. Redfield
William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
Lewis M. Rutherfurd
Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
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D.
William Howell Davis
William Howell Davis was the son of Varina Howell Davis and Confederate President Jefferson Davis, belonging to a prominent family in American Civil War history.
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E.
G. W. Bailey
G. W. Bailey is an American character actor best known for his gruff, comedic roles in film and television, including prominent parts in the Police Academy series and the crime drama The Closer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-08-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Redfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | William Redfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Fine Madness
NERFINISHED
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Death Wish NERFINISHED ⓘ Duel at Diablo NERFINISHED ⓘ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Connection NERFINISHED ⓘ The Exorcist III NERFINISHED ⓘ The World of Henry Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| performedIn |
A Fine Madness
NERFINISHED
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All in the Family NERFINISHED ⓘ Car 54, Where Are You? NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Wish NERFINISHED ⓘ Duel at Diablo NERFINISHED ⓘ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bob Newhart Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Connection NERFINISHED ⓘ The Defenders NERFINISHED ⓘ The Exorcist III NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jackie Gleason Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mary Tyler Moore Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phil Silvers Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Twilight Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ The World of Henry Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
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 Redfield Description of subject: William Redfield was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, including a notable role in the Western film "Duel at Diablo."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.