Simon Green Atkins
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Simon Green Atkins was an African American educator and community leader who established institutions to advance higher education and opportunities for Black students in North Carolina.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Simon Green Atkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5926210 — 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: Simon Green Atkins Context triple: [Winston-Salem State University, founder, Simon Green Atkins]
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A.
Guy C. Wiggins
Guy C. Wiggins was an American Impressionist painter best known for his atmospheric cityscapes of New York, often depicted in snow.
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B.
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins, better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s with a string of hit singles and collaborations.
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C.
David Hilliard
David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Sean Akins
Sean Akins is a television producer and creative director best known for helping develop and shape Cartoon Network’s influential Toonami programming block.
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E.
David Dill
David Dill is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in formal verification, model checking, and hardware verification.
- 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: Simon Green Atkins Target entity description: Simon Green Atkins was an African American educator and community leader who established institutions to advance higher education and opportunities for Black students in North Carolina.
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A.
Guy C. Wiggins
Guy C. Wiggins was an American Impressionist painter best known for his atmospheric cityscapes of New York, often depicted in snow.
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B.
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins, better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s with a string of hit singles and collaborations.
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C.
David Hilliard
David Hilliard is an American activist and former chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, known for his prominent role in the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Sean Akins
Sean Akins is a television producer and creative director best known for helping develop and shape Cartoon Network’s influential Toonami programming block.
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E.
David Dill
David Dill is an American computer scientist known for his influential work in formal verification, model checking, and hardware verification.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic administrator
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community leader ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-06-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1934-04-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St. Augustine's College
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Augustine's College, Raleigh
St. Augustine's Normal School ⓘ |
| employer |
Slater Industrial Academy
ⓘ
Winston-Salem Teachers College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Atkins ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American higher education
ⓘ
education ⓘ teacher training ⓘ |
| founded |
Slater Industrial Academy
ⓘ
Winston-Salem Teachers College ⓘ a community known as Columbian Heights ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| hasPart | legacy continued by Winston-Salem State University ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Atkins Academic & Technology High School, Winston-Salem
ⓘ
linked to:
Atkins High School, Winston-Salem
Atkins High School, Winston-Salem ⓘ |
| middleName | Green ⓘ |
| movement | African American educational uplift ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advancing higher education for Black students in North Carolina
ⓘ
establishing institutions for African American teacher training ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of Winston-Salem Teachers College
ⓘ
founding of Slater Industrial Academy ⓘ leadership in African American education in North Carolina ⓘ |
| occupation |
college president
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educator ⓘ school founder ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ Rural Hall, North Carolina ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
North Carolina
ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding principal of Slater Industrial Academy
ⓘ
president of Winston-Salem Teachers College ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Oleona Pegram Atkins ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Simon Green Atkins Description of subject: Simon Green Atkins was an African American educator and community leader who established institutions to advance higher education and opportunities for Black students in North Carolina.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.