Curtis Cokes
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Curtis Cokes was an American professional boxer and former world welterweight champion, regarded as one of the top welterweights of the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Curtis Cokes canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10667162 — 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: Curtis Cokes Context triple: [José Nápoles, notableOpponent, Curtis Cokes]
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A.
Clifton Powell
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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B.
Curtis Williams
Curtis Williams is an American actor best known for his role on the 1990s sitcom "The Parent 'Hood."
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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.
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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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: Curtis Cokes Target entity description: Curtis Cokes was an American professional boxer and former world welterweight champion, regarded as one of the top welterweights of the 1960s.
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A.
Clifton Powell
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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B.
Curtis Williams
Curtis Williams is an American actor best known for his role on the 1990s sitcom "The Parent 'Hood."
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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.
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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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 (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ world welterweight boxing champion ⓘ |
| boxingStance | orthodox ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-06-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-05-29 ⓘ |
| describedAs | American professional boxer and former world welterweight champion ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Cokes ⓘ |
| fullName | Curtis Cokes ⓘ |
| givenName | Curtis ⓘ |
| inductedIntoHallOfFame | International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| inductionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsHallOfFame | International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the top welterweight boxers of the 1960s ⓘ |
| occupation |
boxer
ⓘ
boxing trainer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dallas, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas, Texas
|
| placeOfDeath |
Dallas, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas, Texas
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| positionHeld | world welterweight champion ⓘ |
| residence |
Dallas, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas, Texas
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | boxing ⓘ |
| titles |
WBA world welterweight title
ⓘ
linked to:
WBA (Super) welterweight title
WBC world welterweight title ⓘ
linked to:
WBC welterweight title
|
| trained | boxers ⓘ |
| turnedProfessionalIn | 1958 ⓘ |
| weightClass | welterweight ⓘ |
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: Curtis Cokes Description of subject: Curtis Cokes was an American professional boxer and former world welterweight champion, regarded as one of the top welterweights of the 1960s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.