Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka)
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Sylvia Robinson, better known as Amina Baraka, is an American poet, actress, community organizer, and political activist closely associated with the Black Arts Movement and the Newark arts scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10630435 — 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: Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka) Context triple: [Everett LeRoi Jones, spouse, Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka)]
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A.
Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson was an American singer, record producer, and music executive often called the "Mother of Hip-Hop" for her pivotal role in bringing rap music into the mainstream.
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B.
Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright was an American singer-songwriter and Motown artist known for her collaborations with Stevie Wonder and her influential contributions to soul and R&B music in the 1970s.
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C.
Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx is an American vocalist, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the pioneering R&B/funk group Labelle and for her adventurous, genre-blending solo work.
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D.
Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves is an American R&B and soul singer best known as the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, famed for hits like "Dancing in the Street."
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E.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
- 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: Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka) Target entity description: Sylvia Robinson, better known as Amina Baraka, is an American poet, actress, community organizer, and political activist closely associated with the Black Arts Movement and the Newark arts scene.
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A.
Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson was an American singer, record producer, and music executive often called the "Mother of Hip-Hop" for her pivotal role in bringing rap music into the mainstream.
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B.
Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright was an American singer-songwriter and Motown artist known for her collaborations with Stevie Wonder and her influential contributions to soul and R&B music in the 1970s.
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C.
Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx is an American vocalist, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the pioneering R&B/funk group Labelle and for her adventurous, genre-blending solo work.
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D.
Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves is an American R&B and soul singer best known as the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, famed for hits like "Dancing in the Street."
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E.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
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community organizer ⓘ human ⓘ performance artist ⓘ poet ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1960s–present ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Amina Baraka
NERFINISHED
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Sylvia Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Robinson Baraka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black Arts Repertory Theatre movement
NERFINISHED
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Newark community organizations ⓘ Spirit House Movers and Players NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Sylvia Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName | Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
community organizing
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literature ⓘ political activism ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
poetry
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spoken word ⓘ |
| givenName | Sylvia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Mweusi Baraka
NERFINISHED
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Ras Baraka NERFINISHED ⓘ other children with Amiri Baraka ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Newark arts scene ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Arts Movement
NERFINISHED
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Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | co-founder of Spirit House in Newark ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Confirmation (poetry collection, with Amiri Baraka)
NERFINISHED
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performances with the Spirit House Movers and Players ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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community organizer ⓘ educator ⓘ poet ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
civil rights activism in Newark
ⓘ
community cultural programs in Newark ⓘ |
| partnerOf | Amiri Baraka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
New York City metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
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Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Black nationalism
NERFINISHED
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Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Amiri Baraka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka) Description of subject: Sylvia Robinson, better known as Amina Baraka, is an American poet, actress, community organizer, and political activist closely associated with the Black Arts Movement and the Newark arts scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.