Orlando Jones
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Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Orlando Jones canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2028024 — 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: Orlando Jones Context triple: [Frances Jones Dandridge, spouse, Orlando Jones]
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A.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer known for his roles in films like "Hustle & Flow" and the TV series "Empire."
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B.
Aldis Hodge
Aldis Hodge is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in projects like "Leverage," "One Night in Miami...," and "Black Adam."
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C.
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick was an American actor known for his commanding presence and roles in series like "The Wire" and "Fringe" as well as the "John Wick" film franchise.
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D.
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor and producer renowned for his powerful screen presence in films such as The Matrix trilogy, Boyz n the Hood, and numerous acclaimed stage and television roles.
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E.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
- 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: Orlando Jones Target entity description: Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
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A.
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard is an American actor and singer known for his roles in films like "Hustle & Flow" and the TV series "Empire."
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B.
Aldis Hodge
Aldis Hodge is an American actor known for his versatile film and television roles, including prominent performances in projects like "Leverage," "One Night in Miami...," and "Black Adam."
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C.
Lance Reddick
Lance Reddick was an American actor known for his commanding presence and roles in series like "The Wire" and "Fringe" as well as the "John Wick" film franchise.
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D.
Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor and producer renowned for his powerful screen presence in films such as The Matrix trilogy, Boyz n the Hood, and numerous acclaimed stage and television roles.
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E.
Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films and for winning an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virginia planter
ⓘ
colonial official ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
colonial governance in Virginia
ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| educatedIn |
Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
|
| ethnicGroup | English colonists in North America ⓘ |
| familyName | Jones ⓘ |
| givenName | Orlando ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dandridge family (by marriage connection)
ⓘ
Jones family of Virginia ⓘ |
| notableFamilyConnection |
Dandridge family of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Dandridge family
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| notableFor |
being a Virginia planter in the early 1700s
ⓘ
connections to the Jones and Dandridge families ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
planter ⓘ |
| partOf | British America ⓘ |
| politicalEntity |
Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
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| positionHeld | member of the Virginia colonial gentry ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
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| residence |
Colony of Virginia
ⓘ
linked to:
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
New Kent County, Virginia ⓘ Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
Williamsburg
|
| socialClass | planter elite ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Orlando Jones Description of subject: Orlando Jones was an early 18th-century Virginia planter and colonial official connected to the prominent Jones and Dandridge families.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.