Broadus
E423790
Broadus is a surname most notably associated with the family of American rapper Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadus canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4252385 — 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: Broadus Context triple: [Corde Broadus, familyName, Broadus]
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A.
Ebersole
Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
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B.
Lymon
Lymon is a variant spelling of the given name and surname Lyman, used for people and occasionally fictional characters.
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C.
Kashmore
Kashmore is a town in Pakistan’s Sindh province that serves as a regional hub near the Guddu Barrage on the Indus River.
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D.
Firebaugh
Firebaugh is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming-based economy and rural community character.
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E.
Boerne
Boerne is a small, historic town in south-central Texas known for its German heritage, charming downtown, and scenic Hill Country surroundings.
- 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: Broadus Target entity description: Broadus is a surname most notably associated with the family of American rapper Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.).
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A.
Ebersole
Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
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B.
Lymon
Lymon is a variant spelling of the given name and surname Lyman, used for people and occasionally fictional characters.
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C.
Kashmore
Kashmore is a town in Pakistan’s Sindh province that serves as a regional hub near the Guddu Barrage on the Indus River.
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D.
Firebaugh
Firebaugh is a small agricultural city in California’s San Joaquin Valley, known for its farming-based economy and rural community character.
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E.
Boerne
Boerne is a small, historic town in south-central Texas known for its German heritage, charming downtown, and scenic Hill Country surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family
ⓘ
family name ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| child | Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-10-20 ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain origin ⓘ |
| familyName | Broadus ⓘ |
| genre |
gangsta rap
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| hasNotableFamily | Broadus family ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Brodus ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| nameCategory | African-American surname ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
ⓘ
Cordozar Calvin Broadus Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Calvin Broadus
Shante Broadus ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Long Beach, California, United States of America
ⓘ
linked to:
Long Beach
|
| spouse | Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ⓘ |
| stageName |
Snoop Dogg
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Snoop Lion ⓘ |
| usedAs | last name ⓘ |
| usedInCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Broadus Description of subject: Broadus is a surname most notably associated with the family of American rapper Snoop Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.).
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.