Whitman Mayo
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Whitman Mayo was an American character actor best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whitman Mayo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271191 — 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: Whitman Mayo Context triple: [Tap, hasCastMember, Whitman Mayo]
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A.
Frederic H. Spaulding
Frederic H. Spaulding was an American educator and civic leader best known for establishing the University of Tampa in Florida.
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B.
Charles H. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his contributions to modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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C.
William B. Mayo
William B. Mayo was an American physician and medical leader best known as one of the founders of the American Cancer Society.
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D.
William J. Mayo
William J. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his pioneering work in modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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E.
William Worrall Mayo
William Worrall Mayo was a British-American physician and surgeon who founded the medical practice that evolved into the Mayo Clinic.
- 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: Whitman Mayo Target entity description: Whitman Mayo was an American character actor best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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A.
Frederic H. Spaulding
Frederic H. Spaulding was an American educator and civic leader best known for establishing the University of Tampa in Florida.
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B.
Charles H. Mayo
Charles H. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his contributions to modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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C.
William B. Mayo
William B. Mayo was an American physician and medical leader best known as one of the founders of the American Cancer Society.
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D.
William J. Mayo
William J. Mayo was an American physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic, renowned for his pioneering work in modern medical practice and healthcare organization.
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E.
William Worrall Mayo
William Worrall Mayo was a British-American physician and surgeon who founded the medical practice that evolved into the Mayo Clinic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Boyz n the Hood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
D.C. Cab NERFINISHED ⓘ Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanford Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanford and Son NERFINISHED ⓘ The Black Klansman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Main Event NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forest Lawn Memorial Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Glendale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| characterIn | Sanford and Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Korean War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-05-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Los Angeles City College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Whitman Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Grady Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sanford and Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Atlanta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| portrayed | Grady Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Patricia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Grady
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanford Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanford and Son NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–1990s ⓘ |
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: Whitman Mayo Description of subject: Whitman Mayo was an American character actor best known for his role as Grady Wilson on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Grady Wilson