James Carter Walker Jr.
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James Carter Walker Jr., better known as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as J.J. Evans on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Carter Walker Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7072971 — 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: James Carter Walker Jr. Context triple: [Jimmie Walker, birthName, James Carter Walker Jr.]
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A.
James W. Carter
James W. Carter was a litigant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Carter v. Carter Coal Co., which addressed the limits of federal power over industrial regulation.
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B.
Billy Carter
Billy Carter was an American farmer and businessman best known as the colorful, outspoken younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and a minor pop-culture figure in the late 1970s.
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C.
James Earl Carter Sr.
James Earl Carter Sr. was an American businessman, farmer, and local politician best known as the father of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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D.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is a gospel singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist of the legendary American gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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E.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, known for his emphasis on human rights, diplomatic efforts such as the Camp David Accords, and extensive humanitarian work after leaving office.
- 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: James Carter Walker Jr. Target entity description: James Carter Walker Jr., better known as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as J.J. Evans on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
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A.
James W. Carter
James W. Carter was a litigant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Carter v. Carter Coal Co., which addressed the limits of federal power over industrial regulation.
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B.
Billy Carter
Billy Carter was an American farmer and businessman best known as the colorful, outspoken younger brother of U.S. President Jimmy Carter and a minor pop-culture figure in the late 1970s.
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C.
James Earl Carter Sr.
James Earl Carter Sr. was an American businessman, farmer, and local politician best known as the father of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
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D.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is a gospel singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist of the legendary American gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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E.
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, known for his emphasis on human rights, diplomatic efforts such as the Camp David Accords, and extensive humanitarian work after leaving office.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Airplane!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
B.A.P.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ Fantasy Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Times NERFINISHED ⓘ Let's Do It Again NERFINISHED ⓘ The Love Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | TV Land Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | James Carter Walker Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateOfBirth | 1947-06-25 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasGenre | sitcom (for primary work) ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.jimmiejjwalker.com/ ⓘ |
| knownFor | catchphrase "Dy-no-mite!" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | J.J. Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Good Times
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
stand-up comedy specials ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film actor ⓘ radio personality ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of Good Times ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| portrayedCharacter | James Evans Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| spokeAt | various comedy clubs across the United States ⓘ |
| stageName | Jimmie Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | autobiography "Dyn-o-mite! Good Times, Bad Times, Our Times" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
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: James Carter Walker Jr. Description of subject: James Carter Walker Jr., better known as Jimmie Walker, is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as J.J. Evans on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.