Mo'Nique
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Mo'Nique is an American comedian and Academy Award–winning actress known for her powerful, dramatic performance in the film "Precious" and her stand-up and television work.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mo'Nique canonical | 12 |
| Mo'Nique's Fat Chance | 1 |
| Mo'Nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate! | 1 |
| Mo’Nique | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1225854 — 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: Mo'Nique Context triple: [Precious, castMember, Mo'Nique]
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A.
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
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B.
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis is an American actress, singer, and comedian known for her dynamic supporting roles in film and television, including her work in musical and family-oriented movies.
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C.
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union is an American actress, author, and producer known for her roles in films like "Bring It On" and "Bad Boys II" as well as the TV series "Being Mary Jane."
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D.
Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress best known for her acclaimed, Oscar-nominated breakout performance in the film "Precious."
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E.
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson is an American singer and actress renowned for her powerful vocals, Academy Award–winning performance in "Dreamgirls," and success on both stage and screen.
- 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: Mo'Nique Target entity description: Mo'Nique is an American comedian and Academy Award–winning actress known for her powerful, dramatic performance in the film "Precious" and her stand-up and television work.
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A.
Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
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B.
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis is an American actress, singer, and comedian known for her dynamic supporting roles in film and television, including her work in musical and family-oriented movies.
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C.
Gabrielle Union
Gabrielle Union is an American actress, author, and producer known for her roles in films like "Bring It On" and "Bad Boys II" as well as the TV series "Being Mary Jane."
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D.
Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe is an American actress best known for her acclaimed, Oscar-nominated breakout performance in the film "Precious."
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E.
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson is an American singer and actress renowned for her powerful vocals, Academy Award–winning performance in "Dreamgirls," and success on both stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ comedian ⓘ film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
surface form:
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture ⓘ NAACP Image Award ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ |
| birthName | Monique Angela Imes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-12-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Milford Mill High School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Imes ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
observational comedy ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Monique ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Shalon Jackson
ⓘ
twin sons with Sidney Hicks ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role of Mary Lee Johnston in Precious
ⓘ
role of Nikki Parker in The Parkers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stand-up ⓘ television ⓘ |
| name | Mo'Nique self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost Christmas
ⓘ
Bessie ⓘ Mo'Nique self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mo'Nique's Fat Chance
Mo'Nique self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mo'Nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate!
Phat Girlz ⓘ film "Precious" ⓘ
surface form:
Precious
Queens of Comedy ⓘ The Mo'Nique Show ⓘ The Parkers ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
author ⓘ comedian ⓘ talk show host ⓘ television producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Woodlawn, Maryland
ⓘ
surface form:
Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
|
| portrayed | Ma Rainey in Bessie ⓘ |
| residence |
Georgia
ⓘ
surface form:
Georgia, United States
|
| spouse |
Mark Jackson
ⓘ
Sidney Hicks ⓘ |
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: Mo'Nique Description of subject: Mo'Nique is an American comedian and Academy Award–winning actress known for her powerful, dramatic performance in the film "Precious" and her stand-up and television work.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Precious
subject surface form:
Precious
this entity surface form:
Mo'Nique: I Coulda Been Your Cellmate!
this entity surface form:
Mo'Nique's Fat Chance
subject surface form:
Soul Plane
this entity surface form:
Mo’Nique