Martin Luther King Sr.
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Martin Luther King Sr. was an influential African American Baptist minister and civil rights leader in Atlanta, and the father of Martin Luther King Jr.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martin Luther King Sr. canonical | 34 |
| Alfred Daniel Williams King | 1 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15990 — 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: Martin Luther King Sr. Context triple: [Martin Luther King Jr., father, Martin Luther King Sr.]
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A.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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B.
Dexter Scott King
Dexter Scott King is an American civil rights activist, attorney, and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. who has worked to preserve and promote his father's legacy.
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C.
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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D.
Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King III is an American human rights advocate and community activist, known as the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and for his own work promoting social justice and nonviolence.
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E.
Yolanda King
Yolanda King was an American activist, actress, and the eldest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., known for her work promoting nonviolence and social justice.
- 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: Martin Luther King Sr. Target entity description: Martin Luther King Sr. was an influential African American Baptist minister and civil rights leader in Atlanta, and the father of Martin Luther King Jr.
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A.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader and Baptist minister who advocated nonviolent resistance to racial segregation and injustice.
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B.
Dexter Scott King
Dexter Scott King is an American civil rights activist, attorney, and the son of Martin Luther King Jr. who has worked to preserve and promote his father's legacy.
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C.
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who played a key role in advancing racial and gender equality and preserving the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
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D.
Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King III is an American human rights advocate and community activist, known as the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and for his own work promoting social justice and nonviolence.
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E.
Yolanda King
Yolanda King was an American activist, actress, and the eldest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., known for her work promoting nonviolence and social justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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Baptist minister ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Daddy King ⓘ |
| birthName | Michael King ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child |
Alfred Daniel Williams King
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Christine King Farris ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-12-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-11-11 ⓘ |
| denomination |
National Baptist Convention, USA
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linked to:
National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
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| educatedAt |
Dillard University (Theological training, informal/extension context)
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Morehouse College (non-degree theological studies, associated training) ⓘ
linked to:
Morehouse College
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| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| father | James Albert King ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| influenced |
African American church-based civil rights activism
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Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Delia Linsey King ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| nameChange | He changed his name from Michael King to Martin Luther King Sr. ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Co-pastoring Ebenezer Baptist Church with his son Martin Luther King Jr.
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Participation in civil rights marches and voter registration efforts in Atlanta ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Bernice King
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Coretta Scott King ⓘ Dexter Scott King ⓘ Martin Luther King III ⓘ Yolanda King ⓘ |
| notableRole | Leader in the Atlanta civil rights community ⓘ |
| notableWork | Leadership at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta ⓘ |
| occupation |
Baptist minister
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civil rights leader ⓘ pastor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Stockbridge, Georgia, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
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| politicalActivity | Advocacy for African American voting rights in Georgia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
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| spouse | Alberta Williams King ⓘ |
| workLocation | Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ |
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: Martin Luther King Sr. Description of subject: Martin Luther King Sr. was an influential African American Baptist minister and civil rights leader in Atlanta, and the father of Martin Luther King Jr.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Martin Luther King Sr.
subject linked to:
Dexter
subject linked to:
Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
linked to: Martin Luther King Sr.
subject linked to:
South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family, and My Faith
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mentionsPerson
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Martin Luther King Sr.
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subject linked to:
Alfred Daniel