William H. Gates Sr.
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William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William H. Gates Sr. canonical | 13 |
| Bill Gates Sr. | 5 |
| William Henry Gates Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T542715 — 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 H. Gates Sr. Context triple: [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, foundedBy, William H. Gates Sr.]
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A.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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B.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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C.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
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D.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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E.
Frederick W. Smith
Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
- 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 H. Gates Sr. Target entity description: William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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A.
Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates.
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B.
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software pioneer, and philanthropist who co-created the Windows operating system and later co-founded one of the world’s largest charitable foundations.
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C.
Bill and Melinda Gates
Bill and Melinda Gates are American philanthropists best known for founding and leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations focused on global health, education, and poverty alleviation.
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D.
Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
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E.
Frederick W. Smith
Frederick W. Smith is an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the global courier delivery company FedEx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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attorney ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Washington School of Law ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1925-11-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bremerton
ⓘ
surface form:
Bremerton, Washington, United States
|
| boardMemberOf |
Planned Parenthood
ⓘ
United Way of King County ⓘ Board of Regents of the University of Washington ⓘ
surface form:
University of Washington Board of Regents
|
| child |
Bill Gates
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Kristi Gates ⓘ Libby Gates ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Bill Gates ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2020-09-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Hood Canal
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surface form:
Hood Canal, Washington, United States
|
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington
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Juris Doctor from the University of Washington ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bremerton High School
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University of Washington ⓘ |
| employer | Preston Gates & Ellis ⓘ |
| familyName | Gates ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
law
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philanthropy ⓘ |
| fullName |
William H. Gates Sr.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Henry Gates Sr.
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| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Sr. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Bill Gates
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leadership in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ⓘ philanthropy in global health and education ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Washington State Bar
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surface form:
Washington State Bar Association
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| notableWork | Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle
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surface form:
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington, United States
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| positionHeld |
co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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partner at Preston Gates & Ellis ⓘ trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mary Maxwell Gates
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Mimi Gardner Gates ⓘ |
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 H. Gates Sr. Description of subject: William H. Gates Sr. was an American attorney and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and as a key leader in shaping the vision and early work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bill Gates Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bill Gates Sr.
this entity surface form:
William Henry Gates Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bill Gates Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bill Gates Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bill Gates Sr.