Clarence Gilyard Jr.
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Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarence Gilyard Jr. canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5589273 — 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: Clarence Gilyard Jr. Context triple: [Walker, Texas Ranger, starring, Clarence Gilyard Jr.]
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A.
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
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B.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was an influential American social psychologist and linguist known for his pioneering research on language acquisition and the social psychology of language.
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C.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
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D.
Clifton Brown
Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
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E.
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
- 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: Clarence Gilyard Jr. Target entity description: Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
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A.
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, best known as the father of singer Aretha Franklin and for his influential preaching and radio broadcasts.
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B.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was an influential American social psychologist and linguist known for his pioneering research on language acquisition and the social psychology of language.
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C.
Roger Brown
Roger Brown was a professional basketball player best known for his scoring and rebounding in the American Basketball Association during the 1970s.
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D.
Clifton Brown
Clifton Brown is a notable individual distinguished by the given name Clifton, recognized among prominent bearers of that name.
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E.
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director known for his rich, distinctive voice and acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Die Hard
ⓘ
linked to:
Die Hard (1988 film)
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force ⓘ Left Behind III: World at War ⓘ
linked to:
Left Behind: World at War
Left Behind: The Movie ⓘ
linked to:
Left Behind (2000 film)
Matlock ⓘ Top Gun ⓘ Walker, Texas Ranger ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1955-12-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Moses Lake, Washington, United States
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linked to:
Moses Lake, Washington
|
| causeOfDeath | long illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2022-11-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California State University, Dominguez Hills
ⓘ
California State University, Long Beach ⓘ |
| employer | University of Nevada, Las Vegas ⓘ |
| familyName | Gilyard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
performing arts education ⓘ television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
action film
ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Clarence ⓘ |
| knownFor |
role of Conrad McMasters on Matlock
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role of James Trivette on Walker, Texas Ranger ⓘ role of Marcus "Sundown" Williams in Top Gun ⓘ role of Theo in Die Hard ⓘ |
| name | Clarence Gilyard Jr. ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Die Hard
ⓘ
linked to:
Die Hard (1988 film)
Matlock ⓘ Top Gun ⓘ Walker, Texas Ranger ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
author ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| residence |
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Las Vegas, Nevada
|
| spouse |
Catherine Dutko
ⓘ
Elena Gilyard ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1979–2022 ⓘ |
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: Clarence Gilyard Jr. Description of subject: Clarence Gilyard Jr. was an American actor and academic best known for his roles in popular television series and action films such as "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger," "Die Hard," and "Top Gun."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.