Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr.
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Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator best known for his acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including his role in Spike Lee’s "Malcolm X."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329315 — 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: Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. Context triple: [Al Freeman Jr., birthName, Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr.]
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A.
Charles Melvin Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.
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B.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Benjamin Arthur Quarles
Benjamin Arthur Quarles was a prominent American historian known for his influential scholarship on African American history and the role of Black people in the American Revolution and Civil War.
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D.
Arthur James Singleton
Arthur James Singleton, better known as Zutty Singleton, was an influential American jazz drummer associated with the early New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes.
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E.
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.
- 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: Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. Target entity description: Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator best known for his acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including his role in Spike Lee’s "Malcolm X."
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A.
Charles Melvin Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams was an influential American jazz trumpeter and bandleader renowned for his work with Duke Ellington and his pioneering use of the plunger mute.
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B.
Otis Campbell
Otis Campbell is the lovable, frequently inebriated town drunk of Mayberry on the classic American television series "The Andy Griffith Show."
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C.
Benjamin Arthur Quarles
Benjamin Arthur Quarles was a prominent American historian known for his influential scholarship on African American history and the role of Black people in the American Revolution and Civil War.
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D.
Arthur James Singleton
Arthur James Singleton, better known as Zutty Singleton, was an influential American jazz drummer associated with the early New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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educator ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Al Freeman Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | National Harmony Memorial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-03-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-08-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Los Angeles City College
NERFINISHED
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Pasadena Playhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Howard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| fieldOfWork |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Actors Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Malcolm X (1992 film)
NERFINISHED
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My Sweet Charlie NERFINISHED ⓘ One Life to Live NERFINISHED ⓘ Roots: The Next Generations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ educator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Antonio, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| portrayed |
Captain Ed Hall
NERFINISHED
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Elijah Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Sevara Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Howard University Department of Theatre Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith | Spike Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. Description of subject: Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator best known for his acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater, including his role in Spike Lee’s "Malcolm X."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.