Demond Wilson
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Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Demond Wilson canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1528969 — 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: Demond Wilson Context triple: [Sanford and Son, portrayedBy, Demond Wilson]
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A.
Mehcad Brooks
Mehcad Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model known for roles in television series like "Desperate Housewives," "True Blood," and "Supergirl," as well as films such as "Just Wright."
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B.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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C.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas is an American music producer known for his work as part of the production duo The Underdogs and for his past marriage to Kim Kardashian.
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D.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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E.
Quincy Brown
Quincy Brown is an American actor, singer, and model known for roles in films like "Dope" and the TV series "Star," as well as for his work in music and fashion.
- 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: Demond Wilson Target entity description: Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
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A.
Mehcad Brooks
Mehcad Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model known for roles in television series like "Desperate Housewives," "True Blood," and "Supergirl," as well as films such as "Just Wright."
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B.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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C.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas is an American music producer known for his work as part of the production duo The Underdogs and for his past marriage to Kim Kardashian.
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D.
Cedric Maxwell
Cedric Maxwell is a former NBA forward best known for his key role in the Boston Celtics’ 1981 and 1984 championship teams and for earning the 1981 NBA Finals MVP award.
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E.
Quincy Brown
Quincy Brown is an American actor, singer, and model known for roles in films like "Dope" and the TV series "Star," as well as for his work in music and fashion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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author ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1970s American television ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-10-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Valdosta, Georgia, United States
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linked to:
Valdosta, Georgia
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| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| coStarredWith | Redd Foxx ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian ministry
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entertainment industry ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| genre | television acting ⓘ |
| givenName | Demond ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor | portraying Lamont Sanford on Sanford and Son ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Demond Wilson ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRole | Lamont Sanford ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Baby... I'm Back!
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Sanford and Son ⓘ The New Odd Couple ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Christian minister
ⓘ
actor ⓘ author ⓘ film actor ⓘ minister ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| spouse | Cicely Johnston ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–present ⓘ |
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: Demond Wilson Description of subject: Demond Wilson is an American actor and author best known for his role as Lamont Sanford on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son."
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.