William Fox
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William Fox, better known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor recognized for his work in film and television since the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Fox canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5854278 — 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 Fox Context triple: [James Fox, birthName, William Fox]
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A.
William Fox
William Fox was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who founded the movie company that later became 20th Century Fox.
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B.
Robert Fox
Robert Fox is a British film and theatre producer known for his work on acclaimed stage and screen productions.
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C.
Richard Bancroft
Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
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D.
Thomas Barton
Thomas Barton is a technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Rackable Systems, a company specializing in high-density server and data center solutions.
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E.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
- 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 Fox Target entity description: William Fox, better known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor recognized for his work in film and television since the 1960s.
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A.
William Fox
William Fox was a pioneering American film producer and studio executive who founded the movie company that later became 20th Century Fox.
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B.
Robert Fox
Robert Fox is a British film and theatre producer known for his work on acclaimed stage and screen productions.
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C.
Richard Bancroft
Richard Bancroft was an influential English churchman and Archbishop of Canterbury who played a key role in overseeing the production of the King James Bible.
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D.
Thomas Barton
Thomas Barton is a technology entrepreneur best known as the founder of Rackable Systems, a company specializing in high-density server and data center solutions.
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E.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| birthName | William Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| child |
Jack Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurence Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | performing arts ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
drama
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period drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| knownFor | work in British film and television since the 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| notableAward | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1960s British cinema
ⓘ
1970s British cinema ⓘ 1980s British cinema ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Chas Devlin in "Performance"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lord Darlington in "The Remains of the Day" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony in "The Servant" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Passage to India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Downton Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ King Rat NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot Games NERFINISHED ⓘ Performance ⓘ Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ Sexy Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ The Remains of the Day NERFINISHED ⓘ The Servant NERFINISHED ⓘ Thoroughly Modern Millie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| relative |
Emilia Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freddie Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edward Fox
NERFINISHED
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Robert Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Elizabeth Piper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | James Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 Fox Description of subject: William Fox, better known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor recognized for his work in film and television since the 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.