Clifton Powell
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Clifton Powell is an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often portraying intense, streetwise, or authoritative supporting roles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clifton Powell canonical | 18 |
| Pernell Walker | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6463734 — 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: Clifton Powell Context triple: [Never Die Alone, starring, Clifton Powell]
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A.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
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B.
Michele Bullock
Michele Bullock is an Australian economist and central banker who serves as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, overseeing the country’s monetary policy.
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C.
Antonio Dixon
Antonio Dixon is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work in contemporary R&B and pop music with prominent artists.
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D.
Cleyson Brown
Cleyson Brown was an American entrepreneur and telephone industry pioneer who co-founded the company that eventually became Sprint Corporation.
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E.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
- 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: Clifton Powell Target entity description: Clifton Powell is an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often portraying intense, streetwise, or authoritative supporting roles.
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A.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
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B.
Michele Bullock
Michele Bullock is an Australian economist and central banker who serves as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, overseeing the country’s monetary policy.
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C.
Antonio Dixon
Antonio Dixon is an American record producer and songwriter known for his work in contemporary R&B and pop music with prominent artists.
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D.
Cleyson Brown
Cleyson Brown was an American entrepreneur and telephone industry pioneer who co-founded the company that eventually became Sprint Corporation.
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E.
Roy Hinson
Roy Hinson is a former American professional basketball player and standout forward from Rutgers University who played several seasons in the NBA during the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actor
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human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Powell ⓘ |
| givenName | Clifton ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Clifton Powell ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Eyez on Me
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Army Wives ⓘ Black Lightning ⓘ
linked to:
Black Lightning (TV series)
Bones ⓘ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ⓘ Civil Brand ⓘ Cold Case ⓘ Dead Presidents ⓘ Deep Cover ⓘ First Sunday ⓘ Friday After Next ⓘ House Party ⓘ House of Payne ⓘ In the Heat of the Night ⓘ Lockdown ⓘ Menace II Society ⓘ Moesha ⓘ Murder, She Wrote ⓘ NYPD Blue ⓘ Next Friday ⓘ Norbit ⓘ Preacher's Kid ⓘ
linked to:
Preacher's Kid (film)
Ray ⓘ Roc ⓘ Rocky Balboa ⓘ Rush Hour ⓘ Saints & Sinners ⓘ Street Kings ⓘ The Brothers ⓘ The Gospel ⓘ The Jamie Foxx Show ⓘ The Parkers ⓘ The Sin Seer ⓘ True to the Game ⓘ
linked to:
True to the Game 3
True to the Game 2 ⓘ True to the Game 3 ⓘ Why Do Fools Fall in Love ⓘ Woman Thou Art Loosed ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Clifton Powell Description of subject: Clifton Powell is an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television, often portraying intense, streetwise, or authoritative supporting roles.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.