Cornelius Lance Hawkins
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Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American Hall of Fame basketball player renowned for his acrobatic, above-the-rim style and pioneering influence on modern basketball.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornelius Lance Hawkins canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5465903 — 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: Cornelius Lance Hawkins Context triple: [Connie Hawkins, fullName, Cornelius Lance Hawkins]
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A.
Coleman Randolph Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist, often credited with establishing the saxophone as a leading solo instrument in jazz.
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B.
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader best known for his swing-era hit "Tuxedo Junction."
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C.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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D.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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E.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
- 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: Cornelius Lance Hawkins Target entity description: Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American Hall of Fame basketball player renowned for his acrobatic, above-the-rim style and pioneering influence on modern basketball.
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A.
Coleman Randolph Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist, often credited with establishing the saxophone as a leading solo instrument in jazz.
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B.
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins was an American trumpeter and big band leader best known for his swing-era hit "Tuxedo Junction."
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C.
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins was a pioneering African American U.S. Congressman from California known for his leadership on civil rights, labor, and full-employment legislation.
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D.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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E.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball player
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human ⓘ |
| ABAAllStarSelections | 4 ⓘ |
| ABAChampionships | 1 ⓘ |
| ABAPlayoffsMVP | 1967–68 ⓘ |
| ABASeasonMVP | 1967–68 ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | colon cancer ⓘ |
| college | University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942-07-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-10-06 ⓘ |
| draftedBy | Chicago Bulls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| draftLeague |
National Basketball Association
ⓘ
surface form:
NBA
|
| draftPickNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| draftRound | 3 ⓘ |
| draftYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFame | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| height |
203 cm
ⓘ
6 ft 8 in ⓘ |
| highSchool | Boys High School, Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 42 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetiredBy | Phoenix Suns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterCollege | Iowa Wesleyan College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn |
American Basketball Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| legalAction | filed antitrust lawsuit against the NBA ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | settled with the NBA and was allowed to join the league ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Atlanta Hawks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles Lakers NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota Pipers NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix Suns NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh Pipers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Lance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NBAAllStarSelections | 4 ⓘ |
| nickname | Connie Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | was banned from the NBA in the 1960s due to alleged involvement in a college point-shaving scandal ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering influence on modern basketball ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Phoenix, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam | Pittsburgh Rens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInLeague | American Basketball League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed |
power forward
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small forward ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | acrobatic above-the-rim play ⓘ |
| wonChampionshipWith | Pittsburgh Pipers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfHallOfFameInduction | 1992 ⓘ |
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: Cornelius Lance Hawkins Description of subject: Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American Hall of Fame basketball player renowned for his acrobatic, above-the-rim style and pioneering influence on modern basketball.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.