Marguerite Belafonte
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Marguerite Belafonte was the first wife of singer and activist Harry Belafonte and the mother of actress and model Shari Belafonte.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marguerite Belafonte canonical | 5 |
| former spouse: Harry Belafonte | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8785568 — 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: Marguerite Belafonte Context triple: [Shari Belafonte, mother, Marguerite Belafonte]
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A.
Shari Belafonte
Shari Belafonte is an American actress, model, singer, and photographer known for her work in film and television as well as being the daughter of entertainer Harry Belafonte.
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B.
Gina Belafonte
Gina Belafonte is an American actress, producer, and activist known for her work in film and television as well as her involvement in social justice initiatives.
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C.
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee was an acclaimed American actress, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist known for her powerful performances on stage and screen and her longstanding partnership with Ossie Davis.
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D.
Malena Belafonte
Malena Belafonte is a Danish-born former model, performer, and producer known for her work in fashion, entertainment, and creative projects often linked to her husband, musician David Belafonte.
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E.
Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews was an American singer best known as one of the Andrews Sisters, the popular close-harmony vocal trio prominent during the swing and World War II eras.
- 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: Marguerite Belafonte Target entity description: Marguerite Belafonte was the first wife of singer and activist Harry Belafonte and the mother of actress and model Shari Belafonte.
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A.
Shari Belafonte
Shari Belafonte is an American actress, model, singer, and photographer known for her work in film and television as well as being the daughter of entertainer Harry Belafonte.
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B.
Gina Belafonte
Gina Belafonte is an American actress, producer, and activist known for her work in film and television as well as her involvement in social justice initiatives.
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C.
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee was an acclaimed American actress, poet, playwright, and civil rights activist known for her powerful performances on stage and screen and her longstanding partnership with Ossie Davis.
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D.
Malena Belafonte
Malena Belafonte is a Danish-born former model, performer, and producer known for her work in fashion, entertainment, and creative projects often linked to her husband, musician David Belafonte.
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E.
Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews was an American singer best known as one of the Andrews Sisters, the popular close-harmony vocal trio prominent during the swing and World War II eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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celebrity spouse ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| child | Shari Belafonte ⓘ |
| name | Marguerite Belafonte ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first wife of Harry Belafonte
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being the mother of Shari Belafonte ⓘ |
| parent | Marguerite Belafonte ⓘ |
| relative |
Harry Belafonte
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Shari Belafonte ⓘ |
| spouse |
Harry Belafonte
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Marguerite Belafonte ⓘ |
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: Marguerite Belafonte Description of subject: Marguerite Belafonte was the first wife of singer and activist Harry Belafonte and the mother of actress and model Shari Belafonte.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marguerite Belafonte
subject linked to:
Marguerite Belafonte
subject linked to:
Marguerite Belafonte