Alfonso Ribeiro
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comedian
film actor
game show host
human
reality television host
television actor
television personality
Alfonso Ribeiro is an American actor, comedian, and television personality best known for playing Carlton Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and later becoming a prominent reality and game show host.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Ribeiro canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7849256 — 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: Alfonso Ribeiro Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars, notableHost, Alfonso Ribeiro]
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A.
Gary Anthony Williams
Gary Anthony Williams is an American actor and comedian best known for his prolific voice work in animation and video games, as well as appearances in television and film.
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B.
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric the Entertainer is an American comedian, actor, and game show host known for his stand-up comedy, roles in films like "Barbershop," and work on "The Steve Harvey Show."
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C.
D.L. Hughley
D.L. Hughley is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and political commentator known as one of the Original Kings of Comedy and for his work in television, film, and radio.
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D.
Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for his work on the sketch comedy show "In Living Color" and sitcoms like "My Wife and Kids."
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E.
Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host best known for hosting "The Arsenio Hall Show" and for his roles in films like "Coming to America."
- 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: Alfonso Ribeiro Target entity description: Alfonso Ribeiro is an American actor, comedian, and television personality best known for playing Carlton Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and later becoming a prominent reality and game show host.
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A.
Gary Anthony Williams
Gary Anthony Williams is an American actor and comedian best known for his prolific voice work in animation and video games, as well as appearances in television and film.
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B.
Cedric the Entertainer
Cedric the Entertainer is an American comedian, actor, and game show host known for his stand-up comedy, roles in films like "Barbershop," and work on "The Steve Harvey Show."
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C.
D.L. Hughley
D.L. Hughley is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and political commentator known as one of the Original Kings of Comedy and for his work in television, film, and radio.
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D.
Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for his work on the sketch comedy show "In Living Color" and sitcoms like "My Wife and Kids."
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E.
Arsenio Hall
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host best known for hosting "The Arsenio Hall Show" and for his roles in films like "Coming to America."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
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film actor ⓘ game show host ⓘ human ⓘ reality television host ⓘ television actor ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| birthName | Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Carlton Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-09-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Afro-Trinidadian ⓘ |
| familyName | Ribeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfonso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostOf |
America's Funniest Home Videos
NERFINISHED
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Catch 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Dancing with the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Alfonso Ribeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | performing the "Carlton dance" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ⓘ |
| notableWork |
America's Funniest Home Videos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dancing with the Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ In the House NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver Spoons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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comedian ⓘ game show host ⓘ television director ⓘ television presenter ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Anders Reyn Ribeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Ava Sue Ribeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ Sienna Ribeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| seriesAppearedIn |
In the House
NERFINISHED
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Silver Spoons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Angela Unkrich
NERFINISHED
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Robin Stapler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionRole | Carlton Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerOf | Dancing with the Stars season 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
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: Alfonso Ribeiro Description of subject: Alfonso Ribeiro is an American actor, comedian, and television personality best known for playing Carlton Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and later becoming a prominent reality and game show host.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dr. Maxwell Stanton