William Henry
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William Henry was the birth name of King William IV of the United Kingdom, who reigned from 1830 to 1837 and was previously known as Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Henry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11723968 — 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 Henry Context triple: [Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence, birthName, William Henry]
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A.
William Henry
William Henry was an American film and television actor active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, appearing in numerous Hollywood features and serials.
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B.
Harry Monroe
Harry Monroe is a hapless yet endearing character portrayed by Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy film "Stir Crazy," where he and his friend are wrongfully imprisoned and embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures.
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C.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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D.
William Frederick
William Frederick was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman from the House of Nassau who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe.
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E.
William Welsh Harrison
William Welsh Harrison was a prominent 19th-century Philadelphia sugar magnate and businessman known for his wealth and social standing.
- 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 Henry Target entity description: William Henry was the birth name of King William IV of the United Kingdom, who reigned from 1830 to 1837 and was previously known as Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence.
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A.
William Henry
William Henry was an American film and television actor active from the silent era through the mid-20th century, appearing in numerous Hollywood features and serials.
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B.
Harry Monroe
Harry Monroe is a hapless yet endearing character portrayed by Richard Pryor in the 1980 comedy film "Stir Crazy," where he and his friend are wrongfully imprisoned and embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures.
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C.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, best known for leading the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.
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D.
William Frederick
William Frederick was a 17th-century Dutch nobleman from the House of Nassau who served as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe.
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E.
William Welsh Harrison
William Welsh Harrison was a prominent 19th-century Philadelphia sugar magnate and businessman known for his wealth and social standing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of the United Kingdom
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human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Duke of Clarence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince William Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ William IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1765-08-21 ⓘ |
| birthName | William Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Buckingham House, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coronationDate | 1831-09-08 ⓘ |
| coronationPlace | Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1837-06-20 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | George III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Kingdom of Hanover
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
his death led to the accession of Queen Victoria
ⓘ
last British monarch of the House of Hanover ⓘ reign saw the passage of the Reform Act 1832 ⓘ |
| occupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | George IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regnalName | William IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1837-06-20 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1830-06-26 ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ George IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
His Majesty The King
NERFINISHED
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His Royal Highness Prince William Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ His Royal Highness The Duke of Clarence and St Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Victoria 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 Henry Description of subject: William Henry was the birth name of King William IV of the United Kingdom, who reigned from 1830 to 1837 and was previously known as Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.