Larenz Tate
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Larenz Tate is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Menace II Society," "Love Jones," and "Dead Presidents," as well as the TV series "Power."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larenz Tate canonical | 20 |
| Ricky Baker in Boyz n the Hood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4884947 — 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: Larenz Tate Context triple: [The Postman, starring, Larenz Tate]
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A.
Juel Taylor
Juel Taylor is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for co-writing the boxing drama sequel "Creed II" and directing the satirical sci-fi film "They Cloned Tyrone."
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B.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television and film, including his prominent part in the supernatural drama series "Sleepy Hollow."
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C.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
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D.
Edwin Hodge
Edwin Hodge is an American actor known for his roles in films and television series such as the Purge franchise, Six, and various guest appearances on popular TV shows.
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E.
Langston Fishburne
Langston Fishburne is an American actor and the son of acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne.
- 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: Larenz Tate Target entity description: Larenz Tate is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Menace II Society," "Love Jones," and "Dead Presidents," as well as the TV series "Power."
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A.
Juel Taylor
Juel Taylor is an American filmmaker and screenwriter best known for co-writing the boxing drama sequel "Creed II" and directing the satirical sci-fi film "They Cloned Tyrone."
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B.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones is an American actor and comedian known for his roles in television and film, including his prominent part in the supernatural drama series "Sleepy Hollow."
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C.
Orlando Jones
Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
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D.
Edwin Hodge
Edwin Hodge is an American actor known for his roles in films and television series such as the Purge franchise, Six, and various guest appearances on popular TV shows.
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E.
Langston Fishburne
Langston Fishburne is an American actor and the son of acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1975-09-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Tate ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama ⓘ romance film ⓘ |
| givenName | Larenz ⓘ |
| hasCastMember | Larenz Tate ⓘ |
| hasChild | son ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Larenz Tate ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Man Apart
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Crash ⓘ Dead Presidents ⓘ Game of Silence ⓘ Girls Trip ⓘ Love Jones ⓘ Menace II Society ⓘ Power ⓘ Ray ⓘ Rescue Me ⓘ South Central ⓘ The Postman ⓘ Why Do Fools Fall in Love ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| playedCharacter |
Anthony Curtis
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Councilman Rashad Tate ⓘ Darius Lovehall ⓘ O-Dog ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sibling |
Lahmard Tate
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Larron Tate ⓘ |
| spouse | Tomasina Parrott ⓘ |
| work |
Dead Presidents
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Love Jones ⓘ Menace II Society ⓘ Power ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
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: Larenz Tate Description of subject: Larenz Tate is an American actor known for his roles in films like "Menace II Society," "Love Jones," and "Dead Presidents," as well as the TV series "Power."
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.