Cecil Gaines
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Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cecil Gaines canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3692028 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cecil Gaines Context triple: [The Butler, mainCharacter, Cecil Gaines]
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A.
Marshall LaCount
Marshall LaCount is a musician best known for his work as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
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B.
Cecil Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known for his years with the Atlanta Braves in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Cecil Grayson
Cecil Grayson was a British scholar and translator best known for his work on Italian Renaissance literature, particularly his authoritative studies and editions of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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D.
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Memphis Raines
Memphis Raines is the master car thief protagonist of the 2000 action film "Gone in 60 Seconds," known for his high-speed heists and leadership of a skilled crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cecil Gaines Target entity description: Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
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A.
Marshall LaCount
Marshall LaCount is a musician best known for his work as a member of the indie supergroup Gayngs.
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B.
Cecil Upshaw
Cecil Upshaw was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher, best known for his years with the Atlanta Braves in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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C.
Cecil Grayson
Cecil Grayson was a British scholar and translator best known for his work on Italian Renaissance literature, particularly his authoritative studies and editions of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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D.
C. Aubrey Smith
C. Aubrey Smith was an English cricketer-turned-character actor known for his commanding presence and frequent portrayals of dignified British gentlemen in early Hollywood films.
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E.
Memphis Raines
Memphis Raines is the master car thief protagonist of the 2000 action film "Gone in 60 Seconds," known for his high-speed heists and leadership of a skilled crew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American character in film
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ |
| appearsInFilm | The Butler ⓘ |
| basedOn | Eugene Allen ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfCharacterArc |
family and generational conflict
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loyalty and service ⓘ political and social change in America ⓘ |
| characterCreatedFor | The Butler ⓘ |
| childInFiction |
Charlie Gaines
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Louis Gaines ⓘ |
| countryOfWork | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Danny Strong
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Lee Daniels ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Eugene Allen ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
White House ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| filmReleaseYearOfWork | 2013 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | historical drama ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | fictionalized representation of a real White House butler ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
civil rights era in the United States
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race relations in the United States ⓘ service to multiple U.S. presidents ⓘ |
| occupation |
White House butler
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domestic worker ⓘ |
| partOf | narrative about U.S. civil rights movement in film ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Forest Whitaker ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Butler ⓘ |
| setting |
American South (early life, in fiction)
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ White House ⓘ
surface form:
White House residence
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| spouseInFiction | Gloria Gaines ⓘ |
| subjectOf | discussions about historical accuracy in The Butler ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | mid-20th century to late 20th century ⓘ |
| worksForInFiction |
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Gerald Ford ⓘ Jimmy Carter ⓘ John F. Kennedy ⓘ Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ Richard Nixon ⓘ Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cecil Gaines Description of subject: Cecil Gaines is the fictionalized African-American White House butler whose life story, spanning decades of service to multiple U.S. presidents, is portrayed in the film "The Butler."
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