Robert Earl Jones
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Robert Earl Jones was an American actor and boxer, best known as the father of acclaimed actor James Earl Jones and for his roles in films like "The Sting."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Earl Jones canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7643817 — 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: Robert Earl Jones Context triple: [James Earl Jones, parent, Robert Earl Jones]
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A.
Earl Richey Jones
Earl Richey Jones is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1999 science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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B.
Wil Jones
Wil Jones is a former professional basketball player best known for his career in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Fred Jones
Fred Jones is the confident, blond leader of the Mystery Inc. gang in the Scooby-Doo franchise, known for his trap-making skills and teamwork with Scooby and the others.
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D.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
- 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: Robert Earl Jones Target entity description: Robert Earl Jones was an American actor and boxer, best known as the father of acclaimed actor James Earl Jones and for his roles in films like "The Sting."
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A.
Earl Richey Jones
Earl Richey Jones is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1999 science fiction comedy film "Galaxy Quest."
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B.
Wil Jones
Wil Jones is a former professional basketball player best known for his career in the ABA and NBA during the 1970s and early 1980s.
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C.
Fred Jones
Fred Jones is the confident, blond leader of the Mystery Inc. gang in the Scooby-Doo franchise, known for his trap-making skills and teamwork with Scooby and the others.
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D.
Ed Jones
Ed Jones is a former American football player best known as a defensive standout for the Dallas Cowboys during their dominant years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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E.
Sam Jones
Sam Jones was a Hall of Fame shooting guard who won 10 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1950s and 1960s, making him one of the most decorated players in league history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boxer
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| child | James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
|
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| fatherOf | James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| name | Robert Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the father of James Earl Jones
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roles in the film "The Sting" ⓘ |
| notableRole | Luther in "The Sting" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Losing Ground
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Losing Ground (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lying in Wait NERFINISHED ⓘ Odds Against Tomorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bushido Blade NERFINISHED ⓘ The Comedians NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cool World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cotton Club NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cotton Club Encore NERFINISHED ⓘ The Displaced Person NERFINISHED ⓘ The Education of Sonny Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ The Emperor Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hitter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Joe Louis Story NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Angry Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The River Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ The River Niger (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sting II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trials of O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ The World of Henry Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ Wild River NERFINISHED ⓘ Witness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
boxer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
American cinema
ⓘ
American theater ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | boxing ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
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: Robert Earl Jones Description of subject: Robert Earl Jones was an American actor and boxer, best known as the father of acclaimed actor James Earl Jones and for his roles in films like "The Sting."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.