Jenifer Lewis
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jenifer Lewis canonical | 13 |
| Jackie Washington – Jenifer Lewis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T330791 — 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: Jenifer Lewis Context triple: [The Preacher's Wife, starring, Jenifer Lewis]
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A.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host known for her EGOT-winning career spanning film, television, and theater.
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B.
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad is an American actress, singer, and director best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the television series "The Cosby Show."
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C.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
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D.
Regina King
Regina King is an acclaimed American actress and director known for her award-winning performances in film and television, including roles in "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Watchmen," and "Jerry Maguire."
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E.
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and film, including her acclaimed performances in musical theater and dramatic roles.
- 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: Jenifer Lewis Target entity description: 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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A.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host known for her EGOT-winning career spanning film, television, and theater.
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B.
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad is an American actress, singer, and director best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the television series "The Cosby Show."
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C.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
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D.
Regina King
Regina King is an acclaimed American actress and director known for her award-winning performances in film and television, including roles in "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Watchmen," and "Jerry Maguire."
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E.
Leslie Uggams
Leslie Uggams is an American actress and singer known for her work on stage, television, and film, including her acclaimed performances in musical theater and dramatic roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ human ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African-American
|
| familyName | Lewis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comedy
ⓘ
film acting ⓘ music ⓘ television acting ⓘ voice acting ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
family film ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jennifer
ⓘ
surface form:
Jenifer
|
| hasPartIn |
American television industry
ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
surface form:
Hollywood film industry
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jenifer Lewis self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dynamic supporting roles in film and television
ⓘ
roles in family-oriented movies ⓘ roles in musical films ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Different World
ⓘ
Baggage Claim ⓘ Beaches ⓘ Black-ish ⓘ Cars ⓘ Cars 2 ⓘ Cars 3 ⓘ Jackie's Back! ⓘ Meet the Browns ⓘ Poetic Justice ⓘ Sister Act ⓘ Sister Act ⓘ
surface form:
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Strong Medicine ⓘ The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ⓘ The Preacher's Wife ⓘ The Princess and the Frog ⓘ The Temptations ⓘ Think Like a Man ⓘ Think Like a Man ⓘ
surface form:
Think Like a Man Too
What’s Love Got to Do with It ⓘ
surface form:
What's Love Got to Do with It
|
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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: Jenifer Lewis Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jackie Washington – Jenifer Lewis