Wallace Fard Muhammad
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Wallace Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wallace Fard Muhammad canonical | 3 |
| Master Fard Muhammad | 2 |
| W. D. Fard | 2 |
| W. Fard Muhammad | 1 |
| Wallace D. Fard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2165546 — 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: Wallace Fard Muhammad Context triple: [Nation of Islam, foundedBy, Wallace Fard Muhammad]
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A.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American DJ, producer, and musician best known as a founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
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B.
Qubilah Shabazz
Qubilah Shabazz is an American woman best known as one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, whose life has been marked by both activism and personal controversy.
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C.
Malikah Shabazz
Malikah Shabazz was one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X, known for her work in preserving her father's legacy and for her involvement in various social and legal issues throughout her life.
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D.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a prominent African American Muslim minister and human rights activist known for his militant advocacy for Black empowerment, self-defense, and racial justice in the mid-20th century United States.
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E.
Malik Yusef
Malik Yusef is an American spoken word artist, rapper, and producer from Chicago known for his poetic lyricism and frequent collaborations with Kanye West and the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
- 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: Wallace Fard Muhammad Target entity description: Wallace Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
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A.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American DJ, producer, and musician best known as a founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
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B.
Qubilah Shabazz
Qubilah Shabazz is an American woman best known as one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, whose life has been marked by both activism and personal controversy.
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C.
Malikah Shabazz
Malikah Shabazz was one of the daughters of civil rights leader Malcolm X, known for her work in preserving her father's legacy and for her involvement in various social and legal issues throughout her life.
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D.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a prominent African American Muslim minister and human rights activist known for his militant advocacy for Black empowerment, self-defense, and racial justice in the mid-20th century United States.
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E.
Malik Yusef
Malik Yusef is an American spoken word artist, rapper, and producer from Chicago known for his poetic lyricism and frequent collaborations with Kanye West and the G.O.O.D. Music collective.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nation of Islam figure
ⓘ
founder ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activityLocation | Detroit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fard Muhammad
ⓘ
Wallace Fard Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Master Fard Muhammad
Wallace Fard Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
W. D. Fard
Wallace Fard Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Wallace D. Fard
|
| associatedWith |
Moorish Science Temple of America
ⓘ
Temple No. 1 (Nation of Islam) ⓘ |
| beganPreachingIn | Detroit ⓘ |
| beganPreachingYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| biographicalDetails | largely unknown ⓘ |
| birthDate | unknown ⓘ |
| centralFigureIn | early history of the Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | unknown ⓘ |
| disappearedFromPublicView | 1934 ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | disputed ⓘ |
| founded | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| influenced |
Elijah Muhammad
ⓘ
Nation of Islam theology ⓘ |
| languageOfPreaching | English ⓘ |
| legacy | foundational to Nation of Islam beliefs ⓘ |
| name | Wallace Fard Muhammad self-link ⓘ |
| promoted |
black self-reliance
ⓘ
economic independence ⓘ moral discipline ⓘ |
| regardedAsByNationOfIslam |
Imam al-Zaman
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahdi
divine figure ⓘ messenger of Allah ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousMovement | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| roleInNationOfIslam |
founder
ⓘ
teacher of Elijah Muhammad ⓘ |
| student | Elijah Muhammad ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
FBI investigations
ⓘ
biographical research ⓘ historical debate ⓘ |
| taught |
a distinct interpretation of Islam
ⓘ
theology of Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| taughtCommunity | African Americans in Detroit ⓘ |
| taughtConcept |
prohibition of alcohol and drugs
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restoration of black dignity ⓘ separation from white society ⓘ strict dietary laws ⓘ |
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: Wallace Fard Muhammad Description of subject: Wallace Fard Muhammad was the mysterious religious figure who founded the Nation of Islam in the early 20th century and is regarded by its followers as a divine messenger.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
W. D. Fard
this entity surface form:
Wallace D. Fard
this entity surface form:
W. D. Fard
this entity surface form:
Master Fard Muhammad
this entity surface form:
W. Fard Muhammad
this entity surface form:
Master Fard Muhammad