King family
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The King family is the prominent American civil rights family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., known for its multigenerational leadership in social justice and nonviolent activism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King family canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T372860 — 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: King family Context triple: [Yolanda King, partOf, King family]
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House of Windsor
The House of Windsor is the current reigning royal dynasty of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, established in 1917 and known for monarchs such as George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II.
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Crown family
The Crown family is a prominent American family known for its extensive business interests, philanthropy, and influence, particularly in Chicago.
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British royal family
The British royal family is the reigning monarchy of the United Kingdom, comprising the sovereign and close relatives who undertake official, ceremonial, and charitable duties at home and abroad.
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House of Teck
The House of Teck was a German ducal family of Württemberg origin that became closely linked to the British royal family through the marriage of Mary of Teck to King George V.
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House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a European royal dynasty of German origin that has provided monarchs to several countries, including Belgium, the United Kingdom (as the ancestral name of the current British royal family), Portugal, and Bulgaria.
- 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: King family Target entity description: The King family is the prominent American civil rights family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., known for its multigenerational leadership in social justice and nonviolent activism.
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A.
House of Windsor
The House of Windsor is the current reigning royal dynasty of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, established in 1917 and known for monarchs such as George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II.
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B.
Crown family
The Crown family is a prominent American family known for its extensive business interests, philanthropy, and influence, particularly in Chicago.
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C.
British royal family
The British royal family is the reigning monarchy of the United Kingdom, comprising the sovereign and close relatives who undertake official, ceremonial, and charitable duties at home and abroad.
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House of Teck
The House of Teck was a German ducal family of Württemberg origin that became closely linked to the British royal family through the marriage of Mary of Teck to King George V.
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E.
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a European royal dynasty of German origin that has provided monarchs to several countries, including Belgium, the United Kingdom (as the ancestral name of the current British royal family), Portugal, and Bulgaria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American family
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civil rights family ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American civil rights movement
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Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
surface form:
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| ethnicity |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| hasFamilyRole |
activists
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authors ⓘ clergy ⓘ organizational leaders ⓘ public speakers ⓘ |
| hasGeneration |
first generation of clergy leaders
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second generation of national civil rights leaders ⓘ third generation of activists and public figures ⓘ |
| hasMatriarch | Coretta Scott King ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
A. D. King
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Alberta Williams King ⓘ Bernice King ⓘ Christine King Farris ⓘ Coretta Scott King ⓘ Dexter Scott King ⓘ Martin Luther King III ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ Yolanda King ⓘ |
| hasPatriarch | Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
20th century United States
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21st century United States ⓘ |
| influenced |
American civil rights legislation
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global human rights movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for economic justice
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advocacy for voting rights ⓘ leadership in racial equality efforts ⓘ promotion of nonviolence philosophy ⓘ |
| legacyInstitution |
King Center in Atlanta
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Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
American press
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international press ⓘ |
| notableFor |
civil rights activism
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nonviolent activism ⓘ social justice leadership ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Baptists
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surface form:
Baptist Christianity
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How these facts were elicited
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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: King family Description of subject: The King family is the prominent American civil rights family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., known for its multigenerational leadership in social justice and nonviolent activism.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.