Gilbert Moses
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Gilbert Moses was an American theater and television director known for his work in socially conscious drama and for co-founding the Free Southern Theater during the civil rights era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gilbert Moses canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4109675 — 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: Gilbert Moses Context triple: [Dee Dee Bridgewater, spouse, Gilbert Moses]
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A.
Lemuel Bowen
Lemuel Bowen was an early automotive entrepreneur associated with the founding of the Cadillac automobile company.
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B.
Moses Wilkinson
Moses Wilkinson was a blind, enslaved-turned-free Black Methodist preacher and influential Loyalist leader who guided Black refugees from the American Revolution to new settlements in Nova Scotia and later Sierra Leone.
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C.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
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D.
Moses Taylor
Moses Taylor was a prominent 19th-century American merchant, banker, and railroad executive who became one of the wealthiest men of his era.
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E.
Lemuel P. Grant
Lemuel P. Grant was a 19th-century American engineer, railroad executive, and Confederate officer best known for designing Atlanta’s Civil War fortifications and donating land for what became Grant Park.
- 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: Gilbert Moses Target entity description: Gilbert Moses was an American theater and television director known for his work in socially conscious drama and for co-founding the Free Southern Theater during the civil rights era.
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A.
Lemuel Bowen
Lemuel Bowen was an early automotive entrepreneur associated with the founding of the Cadillac automobile company.
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B.
Moses Wilkinson
Moses Wilkinson was a blind, enslaved-turned-free Black Methodist preacher and influential Loyalist leader who guided Black refugees from the American Revolution to new settlements in Nova Scotia and later Sierra Leone.
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C.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
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D.
Moses Taylor
Moses Taylor was a prominent 19th-century American merchant, banker, and railroad executive who became one of the wealthiest men of his era.
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E.
Lemuel P. Grant
Lemuel P. Grant was a 19th-century American engineer, railroad executive, and Confederate officer best known for designing Atlanta’s Civil War fortifications and donating land for what became Grant Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
20th century
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civil rights era ⓘ |
| coFounded | Free Southern Theater ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName | Moses ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African-American theatre
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ socially conscious drama ⓘ television directing ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ social drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Gilbert ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
African-American theatre
ⓘ
political theatre in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil rights movement
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| name | Gilbert Moses self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-founding the Free Southern Theater
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directing socially conscious drama ⓘ directing television dramas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Free Southern Theater
ⓘ
Good Times ⓘ
surface form:
Good Times (television series)
Roots (1977 television miniseries) ⓘ
surface form:
Roots (television miniseries)
The Atlanta Child Murders ⓘ
surface form:
The Atlanta Child Murders (television miniseries)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ⓘ The Jeffersons ⓘ
surface form:
The Jeffersons (television series)
The Sophisticated Gents ⓘ The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (television adaptation)
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| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
film director ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television director ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American television industry
ⓘ
American theatre ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gilbert Moses Description of subject: Gilbert Moses was an American theater and television director known for his work in socially conscious drama and for co-founding the Free Southern Theater during the civil rights era.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.