Clarence Norris
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Clarence Norris was one of the Scottsboro Boys, African American teenagers falsely accused of rape in 1931 whose cases became landmark civil rights battles against racial injustice in the U.S. legal system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clarence Norris canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19777624 — 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: Clarence Norris Context triple: [Norris v. Alabama, petitioner, Clarence Norris]
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A.
Clarence Rowland
Clarence Rowland was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.
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B.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
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C.
Harvey Doe
Harvey Doe was the husband of Baby Doe Tabor, a Colorado figure best known for her dramatic rise and fall during the silver mining boom.
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D.
Clarence Anglin
Clarence Anglin was one of the three inmates who carried out the famous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison, inspiring books and films about the still-unsolved case.
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E.
Clarence Burton
Clarence Burton was an American silent film actor known for his character roles in numerous early 20th-century motion pictures.
- 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: Clarence Norris Target entity description: Clarence Norris was one of the Scottsboro Boys, African American teenagers falsely accused of rape in 1931 whose cases became landmark civil rights battles against racial injustice in the U.S. legal system.
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A.
Clarence Rowland
Clarence Rowland was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.
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B.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
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C.
Harvey Doe
Harvey Doe was the husband of Baby Doe Tabor, a Colorado figure best known for her dramatic rise and fall during the silver mining boom.
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D.
Clarence Anglin
Clarence Anglin was one of the three inmates who carried out the famous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison, inspiring books and films about the still-unsolved case.
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E.
Clarence Burton
Clarence Burton was an American silent film actor known for his character roles in numerous early 20th-century motion pictures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama
subject linked to:
Scottsboro Boys trials of the 1930s