Private C.J. Memphis
E918912
Private C.J. Memphis is a sensitive, blues-loving Black soldier whose tragic fate in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play" powerfully exposes the corrosive effects of racism and internalized prejudice within the U.S. military.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Private C.J. Memphis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11318926 — 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: Private C.J. Memphis Context triple: [A Soldier's Play, notableCharacter, Private C.J. Memphis]
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A.
Ned Rawlins
Ned Rawlins is a character in Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "The Man in the Maze," involved in the story’s exploration of alien contact and human isolation.
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B.
Vaughn McKoy
Vaughn McKoy is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the science-fiction drama series "FlashForward."
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C.
Doug Drummond
Doug Drummond is a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of the city of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Herman Parker Jr.
Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
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E.
Jake Hooker
Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
- 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: Private C.J. Memphis Target entity description: Private C.J. Memphis is a sensitive, blues-loving Black soldier whose tragic fate in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play" powerfully exposes the corrosive effects of racism and internalized prejudice within the U.S. military.
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A.
Ned Rawlins
Ned Rawlins is a character in Robert Silverberg’s science fiction novel "The Man in the Maze," involved in the story’s exploration of alien contact and human isolation.
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B.
Vaughn McKoy
Vaughn McKoy is a television producer best known for his executive production work on the science-fiction drama series "FlashForward."
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C.
Doug Drummond
Doug Drummond is a Canadian municipal politician who served as mayor of the city of Burnaby, British Columbia.
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D.
Herman Parker Jr.
Herman Parker Jr., better known as Junior Parker, was an influential American blues singer and harmonica player associated with the Memphis blues and early rock and roll scenes.
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E.
Jake Hooker
Jake Hooker was an American musician and songwriter best known as the guitarist and co-writer of the hit song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
theatrical character ⓘ |
| adaptedIn |
A Soldier's Story (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Soldier's Story
|
| appearsInWork | A Soldier's Play ⓘ |
| artisticSkill |
guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| countryOfContext |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Charles Fuller ⓘ |
| deathCause | suicide ⓘ |
| deathManner | imprisonment-related ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Memphis ⓘ |
| fate | tragic death ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceWork | 1981 ⓘ |
| fullName | C.J. Memphis ⓘ |
| givenName | C.J. ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy |
U.S. Army military justice system
ⓘ
linked to:
United States court-martial system
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfOrigin | theatre ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| musicalPreference | blues ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
symbol of innocence destroyed by prejudice
ⓘ
victim of racism ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | supporting character ⓘ |
| narrativeSettingPeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
gentle
ⓘ
kind-hearted ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Larry Riley ⓘ |
| race | Black ⓘ |
| rank | Private ⓘ |
| relationshipToSergeantVernonWaters |
target of Waters's contempt
ⓘ
victim of Waters's internalized racism ⓘ |
| suffersFrom |
psychological pressure
ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
dignity of Southern Black culture
ⓘ
human cost of racial hatred ⓘ innocence and authenticity ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
abuse of authority
ⓘ
internalized racism ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ racism in the U.S. military ⓘ self-worth and identity ⓘ |
| workType | stage play ⓘ |
| wronglyAccused | yes ⓘ |
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: Private C.J. Memphis Description of subject: Private C.J. Memphis is a sensitive, blues-loving Black soldier whose tragic fate in Charles Fuller's play "A Soldier's Play" powerfully exposes the corrosive effects of racism and internalized prejudice within the U.S. military.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.