Richard William Wheaton III
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Richard William Wheaton III, better known as Wil Wheaton, is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for his roles in "Stand by Me" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
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| Richard William Wheaton III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12669120 — 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: Richard William Wheaton III Context triple: [Wil Wheaton, birthName, Richard William Wheaton III]
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A.
Warren Wheaton
Warren Wheaton was a 19th-century American settler and landowner recognized as a principal founder and namesake of the city of Wheaton, Illinois.
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B.
Richard Feetham
Richard Feetham was a South African lawyer, judge, and politician known for his role in constitutional and municipal reform in South Africa and other parts of the British Empire.
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C.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
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D.
Michael Willett
Michael Willett is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in the TV series "United States of Tara" and MTV's "Faking It."
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E.
Michael Hunsaker
Michael Hunsaker is a fictional former Vietnam War comrade of Roger Murtaugh whose involvement in a dangerous heroin-smuggling operation drives much of the plot in the action film "Lethal Weapon."
- 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: Richard William Wheaton III Target entity description: Richard William Wheaton III, better known as Wil Wheaton, is an American actor, writer, and producer best known for his roles in "Stand by Me" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
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A.
Warren Wheaton
Warren Wheaton was a 19th-century American settler and landowner recognized as a principal founder and namesake of the city of Wheaton, Illinois.
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B.
Richard Feetham
Richard Feetham was a South African lawyer, judge, and politician known for his role in constitutional and municipal reform in South Africa and other parts of the British Empire.
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C.
John Requa
John Requa is an American screenwriter and director known for co-writing films such as "Bad Santa," "I Love You Phillip Morris," and "Jungle Cruise."
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D.
Michael Willett
Michael Willett is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in the TV series "United States of Tara" and MTV's "Faking It."
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E.
Michael Hunsaker
Michael Hunsaker is a fictional former Vietnam War comrade of Roger Murtaugh whose involvement in a dangerous heroin-smuggling operation drives much of the plot in the action film "Lethal Weapon."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.