Our Kind of People
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Our Kind of People is an American drama television series that explores race, class, and Black elite society, in which Morris Chestnut plays a prominent role.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Our Kind of People canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7075280 — 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: Our Kind of People Context triple: [Morris Chestnut, notableWork, Our Kind of People]
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A.
My Kind of Town
"My Kind of Town" is a popular American song, famously performed by Frank Sinatra, that celebrates the city of Chicago and has become a classic of the Great American Songbook.
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B.
The Best Kind of Different
"The Best Kind of Different" is a memoir by Shonda Schilling that chronicles her family’s experiences raising a son with Asperger’s syndrome and advocates for greater understanding of autism.
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C.
Our House
Our House is an American family drama television series from the 1980s starring Wilford Brimley as the gruff but caring patriarch of a multigenerational household.
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D.
Our House
"Our House" is a classic folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, celebrated for its warm, domestic imagery and rich vocal harmonies.
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E.
Our House
Our House is a satirical play by Theresa Rebeck that critiques the intersection of reality television, corporate media, and American culture.
- 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: Our Kind of People Target entity description: Our Kind of People is an American drama television series that explores race, class, and Black elite society, in which Morris Chestnut plays a prominent role.
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A.
My Kind of Town
"My Kind of Town" is a popular American song, famously performed by Frank Sinatra, that celebrates the city of Chicago and has become a classic of the Great American Songbook.
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B.
The Best Kind of Different
"The Best Kind of Different" is a memoir by Shonda Schilling that chronicles her family’s experiences raising a son with Asperger’s syndrome and advocates for greater understanding of autism.
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C.
Our House
"Our House" is a classic folk-rock song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, celebrated for its warm, domestic imagery and rich vocal harmonies.
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D.
Our House
Our House is an American family drama television series from the 1980s starring Wilford Brimley as the gruff but caring patriarch of a multigenerational household.
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E.
Our House
Our House is a satirical play by Theresa Rebeck that critiques the intersection of reality television, corporate media, and American culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Lawrence Otis Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cancellationStatus | canceled after one season ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Karen Gist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | African-American upper class communities ⓘ |
| developer | Karen Gist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | broadcast television ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Karen Gist
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Velez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresActor |
Alana Bright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Debbi Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyle Bary NERFINISHED ⓘ Lance Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris Chestnut NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadine Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicole Chanel Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Raven Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhyon Nicole Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaya DaCosta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Wilmington, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2021-09-21 ⓘ |
| genre |
Drama
ⓘ
Soap opera ⓘ |
| hasFormat | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2022-01-25 ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
family drama
ⓘ
social hierarchy within Black upper class ⓘ |
| network | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 12 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalRunStatus | ended ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
Black elite society
ⓘ
class ⓘ race ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
20th Television
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Daniels Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Morris Chestnut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yaya DaCosta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | primetime network television viewers ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Our Kind of People Description of subject: Our Kind of People is an American drama television series that explores race, class, and Black elite society, in which Morris Chestnut plays a prominent role.
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