Gil Noble
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Gil Noble was an influential American television journalist and longtime host of the public affairs program "Like It Is," known for his in-depth coverage of African American history, culture, and politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gil Noble canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5882913 — 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: Gil Noble Context triple: [Boys and Girls High School, hasAlumnus, Gil Noble]
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A.
Alistair Hennessey
Alistair Hennessey is a suave, competitive oceanographer and rival of Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
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B.
Simon Dutton
Simon Dutton is a British actor best known for playing Simon Templar in the late-1980s television films of "The Saint."
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C.
Dani Stevenson
Dani Stevenson is an American R&B singer best known for her early-2000s work, including featured and background vocals on popular hip-hop and R&B tracks.
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D.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
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E.
James Lyons
James Lyons was an American film editor and occasional screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with director Todd Haynes on acclaimed independent films.
- 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: Gil Noble Target entity description: Gil Noble was an influential American television journalist and longtime host of the public affairs program "Like It Is," known for his in-depth coverage of African American history, culture, and politics.
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A.
Alistair Hennessey
Alistair Hennessey is a suave, competitive oceanographer and rival of Steve Zissou in Wes Anderson’s film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou."
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B.
Simon Dutton
Simon Dutton is a British actor best known for playing Simon Templar in the late-1980s television films of "The Saint."
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C.
Dani Stevenson
Dani Stevenson is an American R&B singer best known for her early-2000s work, including featured and background vocals on popular hip-hop and R&B tracks.
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D.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
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E.
James Lyons
James Lyons was an American film editor and occasional screenwriter best known for his frequent collaborations with director Todd Haynes on acclaimed independent films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
documentary filmmaker ⓘ television host ⓘ television journalist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Emmy Award
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NAACP Image Award ⓘ Peabody Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-02-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-04-05 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Like It Is program archives
ⓘ
obituaries in major U.S. newspapers ⓘ |
| educatedAt | City College of New York ⓘ |
| employer |
ABC
ⓘ
WABC-TV ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Noble ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American culture
ⓘ
African American history ⓘ broadcast journalism ⓘ journalism ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| fullName | Gilbert Edward Noble ⓘ |
| genre | public affairs television ⓘ |
| givenName | Gilbert ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Chris Noble
ⓘ
Donna Noble ⓘ Lisa Noble ⓘ Lynne Noble ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
hosting the television program "Like It Is"
ⓘ
in-depth coverage of African American history, culture, and politics ⓘ |
| notableWork | Like It Is ⓘ |
| occupation |
documentary producer
ⓘ
news anchor ⓘ television host ⓘ television journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
|
| placeOfDeath |
Wayne, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Wayne, New Jersey
|
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| spouse | Jean Noble ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
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: Gil Noble Description of subject: Gil Noble was an influential American television journalist and longtime host of the public affairs program "Like It Is," known for his in-depth coverage of African American history, culture, and politics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.