James R. Jordan Sr.
E825819
James R. Jordan Sr. was an American factory worker and the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan, whose 1993 murder received widespread national attention.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Jordan Jr. | 2 |
| James R. Jordan Sr. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9866409 — 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 R. Jordan Sr. Context triple: [Deloris Jordan, spouse, James R. Jordan Sr.]
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A.
William Brooks Johnson
William Brooks Johnson was an English physician and naturalist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to medical practice and scientific inquiry in Derby.
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B.
Sam J. Jones
Sam J. Jones is an American actor best known for starring as the title character in the 1980 science fiction film "Flash Gordon."
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C.
David Allen Johnson
David Allen Johnson, better known as Davey Johnson, is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and highly successful manager, notably leading the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series title.
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D.
Christopher Wold Johnson
Christopher Wold Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson & Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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E.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
- 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 R. Jordan Sr. Target entity description: James R. Jordan Sr. was an American factory worker and the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan, whose 1993 murder received widespread national attention.
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A.
William Brooks Johnson
William Brooks Johnson was an English physician and naturalist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his contributions to medical practice and scientific inquiry in Derby.
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B.
Sam J. Jones
Sam J. Jones is an American actor best known for starring as the title character in the 1980 science fiction film "Flash Gordon."
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C.
David Allen Johnson
David Allen Johnson, better known as Davey Johnson, is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and highly successful manager, notably leading the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series title.
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D.
Christopher Wold Johnson
Christopher Wold Johnson is an American businessman and member of the Johnson & Johnson family who serves as a principal owner and executive of the New York Jets NFL franchise.
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E.
Jon A. McBride
Jon A. McBride is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on the STS-41-G mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
gunshot wound
ⓘ
homicide ⓘ |
| child |
Deloris Jordan II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Jordan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Roslyn Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-07-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-07-23 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | James Raymond Jordan Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasNotableOffspring | Michael Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | widespread national attention in the United States following his 1993 murder ⓘ |
| notableEvent | murder of James R. Jordan Sr. ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of Michael Jordan
ⓘ
subject of a highly publicized murder case in 1993 ⓘ |
| occupation | factory worker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wallace, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lumberton, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Deloris Jordan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deloris Jordan II NERFINISHED ⓘ James Jordan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Roslyn Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Laney High School neighborhood, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Deloris Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfDeath | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfBirth | 1936 ⓘ |
| yearOfDeath | 1993 ⓘ |
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: James R. Jordan Sr. Description of subject: James R. Jordan Sr. was an American factory worker and the father of basketball legend Michael Jordan, whose 1993 murder received widespread national attention.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James Jordan Jr.
this entity surface form:
James Jordan Jr.