David Duke
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American politician
Holocaust denier
conspiracy theorist
far-right political figure
former Ku Klux Klan leader
human
white supremacist
David Duke is an American white supremacist, former Ku Klux Klan leader, and far-right political figure who has repeatedly sought public office, including runs for U.S. president.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Duke canonical | 16 |
| David Ernest Duke | 1 |
| Ku Klux Klan leader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1556063 — 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: David Duke Context triple: [1988 United States presidential election, majorThirdPartyCandidate, David Duke]
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A.
Addie Joslin Faubus
Addie Joslin Faubus was the mother of Arkansas governor Orval Faubus, who became widely known for his role in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis.
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B.
Charles Steele Jr.
Charles Steele Jr. is an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his longtime leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the historic organization once led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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D.
William Gaston
William Gaston was a prominent 19th-century North Carolina jurist and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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E.
Orval Faubus
Orval Faubus was a segregationist Arkansas governor best known for his 1957 opposition to school desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis.
- 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: David Duke Target entity description: David Duke is an American white supremacist, former Ku Klux Klan leader, and far-right political figure who has repeatedly sought public office, including runs for U.S. president.
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A.
Addie Joslin Faubus
Addie Joslin Faubus was the mother of Arkansas governor Orval Faubus, who became widely known for his role in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis.
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B.
Charles Steele Jr.
Charles Steele Jr. is an American civil rights leader and politician best known for his longtime leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the historic organization once led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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C.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
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D.
William Gaston
William Gaston was a prominent 19th-century North Carolina jurist and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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E.
Orval Faubus
Orval Faubus was a segregationist Arkansas governor best known for his 1957 opposition to school desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American politician
ⓘ
Holocaust denier ⓘ conspiracy theorist ⓘ far-right political figure ⓘ former Ku Klux Klan leader ⓘ human ⓘ white supremacist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-07-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Louisiana State University ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Duke ⓘ |
| founded | National Association for the Advancement of White People ⓘ |
| fullName |
David Ernest Duke
ⓘ
linked to:
David Duke
|
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasBeenBannedFrom |
Twitter
ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
YouTube ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening to the Jewish Question
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My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding ⓘ |
| heldPosition |
Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
|
| ideology |
antisemitism
ⓘ
racism ⓘ white nationalism ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
opposition to civil rights for non-whites
ⓘ
promotion of racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ku Klux Klan
ⓘ
National Association for the Advancement of White People ⓘ
linked to:
Ku Klux Klan
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to:
Republican Party
|
| notableFor |
Holocaust denial
ⓘ
antisemitic rhetoric ⓘ leadership in the Ku Klux Klan ⓘ white supremacist activism ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
author ⓘ politician ⓘ radio host ⓘ |
| organizationFounded | Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
far-right
ⓘ
neo-Nazism ⓘ white nationalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Louisiana State Representative ⓘ |
| ranForOffice |
Governor of Louisiana
ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ United States Senator from Louisiana ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Louisiana, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Louisiana
|
| subjectOf | widespread public condemnation ⓘ |
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: David Duke Description of subject: David Duke is an American white supremacist, former Ku Klux Klan leader, and far-right political figure who has repeatedly sought public office, including runs for U.S. president.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.