Lathan
E161177
Lathan is a surname most prominently associated with American actress Sanaa Lathan, known for her roles in film, television, and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lathan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1407238 — 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: Lathan Context triple: [Sanaa Lathan, familyName, Lathan]
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A.
Jeffrey
Jeffrey is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Michael Kube-McDowell
Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
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C.
Jared
Jared is the given name of Jared Diamond, an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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D.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Dustin
Dustin is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- 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: Lathan Target entity description: Lathan is a surname most prominently associated with American actress Sanaa Lathan, known for her roles in film, television, and theater.
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A.
Jeffrey
Jeffrey is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Michael Kube-McDowell
Michael Kube-McDowell is an American science fiction author known for his novels, short stories, and contributions to major franchises such as Star Wars.
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C.
Jared
Jared is the given name of Jared Diamond, an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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D.
Gavin
Gavin is a masculine given name of Celtic origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Dustin
Dustin is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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family name ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ surname ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkActedIn |
animated television series
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romantic comedy film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ television drama series ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Sanaa Lathan ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alien vs. Predator
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Brown Sugar ⓘ Family Guy ⓘ Love & Basketball ⓘ Nappily Ever After ⓘ Something New ⓘ The Affair ⓘ The Best Man ⓘ The Best Man Holiday ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| voiceActingRoleIn | The Cleveland Show ⓘ |
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: Lathan Description of subject: Lathan is a surname most prominently associated with American actress Sanaa Lathan, known for her roles in film, television, and theater.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.