Joseph Louis Barrow
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Joseph Louis Barrow, better known as Joe Louis, was an American heavyweight boxing champion widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph Louis Barrow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4865820 — 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: Joseph Louis Barrow Context triple: [Joe Louis Arena, namedAfter, Joseph Louis Barrow]
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A.
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker is a prominent American astrophysicist known for his influential work on dark matter, galaxy formation, and cosmology.
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B.
Joseph M. Wilson
Joseph M. Wilson was a 19th-century American industrialist and businessman known for co-founding and partnering in the textile manufacturing firm Wilson Brothers & Company.
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C.
David C. Robinson
David C. Robinson is a mathematical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity, particularly in the study of black hole uniqueness theorems.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
- 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: Joseph Louis Barrow Target entity description: Joseph Louis Barrow, better known as Joe Louis, was an American heavyweight boxing champion widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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A.
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker is a prominent American astrophysicist known for his influential work on dark matter, galaxy formation, and cosmology.
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B.
Joseph M. Wilson
Joseph M. Wilson was a 19th-century American industrialist and businessman known for co-founding and partnering in the textile manufacturing firm Wilson Brothers & Company.
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C.
David C. Robinson
David C. Robinson is a mathematical physicist known for his contributions to general relativity, particularly in the study of black hole uniqueness theorems.
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D.
Robert N. Fitch
Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
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E.
John Dandridge
John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ sports hall of fame inductee ⓘ world heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Joe Louis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Brown Bomber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
icon of African American achievement in sports
ⓘ
symbol of American unity during World War II ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-05-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-04-12 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Barrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
considered one of the greatest boxers of all time
ⓘ
longest-reigning world heavyweight boxing champion of his era ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldTitleFrom | 1937 ⓘ |
| heldTitleUntil | 1949 ⓘ |
| honor | Statue at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit ⓘ |
| influenced |
Muhammad Ali
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rocky Marciano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| losses | 3 ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame |
International Boxing Hall of Fame
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Boxing Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | technical sergeant ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFight | Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOpponent |
Billy Conn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James J. Braddock NERFINISHED ⓘ Jersey Joe Walcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Schmeling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTitleDefenses | 25 ⓘ |
| occupation | boxer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chambers County, Alabama, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near LaFayette, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordType | consecutive heavyweight title defenses record holder ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Detroit, Michigan, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | boxing ⓘ |
| spouse |
Lynn Patrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martha Jefferson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marva Trotter NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalFights | 69 ⓘ |
| turnedProfessional | 1934 ⓘ |
| weightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
| wins | 66 ⓘ |
| winsByKO | 52 ⓘ |
| worldTitle | World Heavyweight Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Joseph Louis Barrow Description of subject: Joseph Louis Barrow, better known as Joe Louis, was an American heavyweight boxing champion widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.