Clarence Muse
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actor
composer
director
film actor
human
pioneer of African-American cinema
screenwriter
singer
stage actor
Clarence Muse was an American actor, director, and composer known as a pioneering Black performer in early 20th-century film and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarence Muse canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1200195 — 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: Clarence Muse Context triple: [The Black Stallion, castMember, Clarence Muse]
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A.
Sam Huff
Sam Huff was a legendary Hall of Fame middle linebacker renowned for his hard-hitting play with the New York Giants in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Clyde Cook
Clyde Cook was an Australian-born silent film and early sound-era comic actor known for his acrobatic physical comedy and appearances in numerous Hollywood comedies of the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins was a Hall of Fame second baseman and one of early 20th-century baseball’s greatest players, renowned for his hitting, speed, and leadership on multiple World Series–winning teams.
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D.
Rex Scouten
Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
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E.
Elmer Layden
Elmer Layden was an American football player, coach, and executive best known as one of Notre Dame’s famed “Four Horsemen” and later as the first commissioner of the National Football League.
- 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: Clarence Muse Target entity description: Clarence Muse was an American actor, director, and composer known as a pioneering Black performer in early 20th-century film and theater.
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A.
Sam Huff
Sam Huff was a legendary Hall of Fame middle linebacker renowned for his hard-hitting play with the New York Giants in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Clyde Cook
Clyde Cook was an Australian-born silent film and early sound-era comic actor known for his acrobatic physical comedy and appearances in numerous Hollywood comedies of the 1920s and 1930s.
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C.
Eddie Collins
Eddie Collins was a Hall of Fame second baseman and one of early 20th-century baseball’s greatest players, renowned for his hitting, speed, and leadership on multiple World Series–winning teams.
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D.
Rex Scouten
Rex Scouten was a longtime White House staff member who served multiple presidents in key roles overseeing the executive mansion’s operations and preservation.
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E.
Elmer Layden
Elmer Layden was an American football player, coach, and executive best known as one of Notre Dame’s famed “Four Horsemen” and later as the first commissioner of the National Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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composer ⓘ director ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ pioneer of African-American cinema ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-10-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1979-10-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dickinson College
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Dickinson School of Law ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Muse ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
music ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Clarence ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Clarence Muse ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
co-wrote the story for the film Way Down South (1939)
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one of the first African-American actors to star in a film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Broken Earth
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Car Wash ⓘ Porgy (stage production, performer) ⓘ The Black Stallion ⓘ The Broken Earth (1939 film) ⓘ The Cabin in the Cotton ⓘ The Invisible Ghost ⓘ Way Down South ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
composer ⓘ director ⓘ film actor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Perris, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Perris
|
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1910s–1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clarence Muse Description of subject: Clarence Muse was an American actor, director, and composer known as a pioneering Black performer in early 20th-century film and theater.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.