Joseph McNeil
E131137
African-American civil rights activist
United States Air Force officer
civil rights activist
human
veteran
Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph McNeil canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T664462 — 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: Joseph McNeil Context triple: [Greensboro sit-ins, participant, Joseph McNeil]
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A.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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B.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
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E.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
- 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: Joseph McNeil Target entity description: Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
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A.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
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B.
Armond Hill
Armond Hill is a former American basketball player and coach best known for his standout collegiate career at Princeton University and subsequent role as an NBA guard.
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C.
William McSweeny
William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
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D.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
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E.
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American civil rights activist
ⓘ
United States Air Force officer ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ veteran ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
desegregation of public accommodations
ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
North Carolina A&T State University
ⓘ
surface form:
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
|
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName |
MacNeil
ⓘ
surface form:
McNeil
|
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole | student activist at North Carolina A&T during the sit-ins ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Greensboro sit-ins
ⓘ
sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Greensboro sit-ins
ⓘ
surface form:
Greensboro Four
|
| militaryBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| militaryRank | officer ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Joseph McNeil self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork | participation in the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American civil rights protests
ⓘ
Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ |
| placeOfEducation | North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ |
| placeOfSignificantEvent | Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Joseph McNeil Description of subject: Joseph McNeil is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped spark the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Woolworth’s lunch counter (Greensboro)