Clarence 13X
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Clarence 13X was an American religious leader and former Nation of Islam member who founded the Five-Percent Nation in the 1960s, promoting Black empowerment and a unique interpretation of Islamic and esoteric teachings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarence 13X canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3129736 — 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 13X Context triple: [Five-Percent Nation, foundedBy, Clarence 13X]
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A.
Clarence
Clarence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
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C.
Laurence
Laurence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Christopher Clayton
Christopher Clayton is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the Earth sciences, as evidenced by his receipt of the prestigious William Smith Medal.
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E.
Clarence Armstrong
Clarence Armstrong was the adopted son of Daisy Parker, who was Louis Armstrong’s first wife.
- 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 13X Target entity description: Clarence 13X was an American religious leader and former Nation of Islam member who founded the Five-Percent Nation in the 1960s, promoting Black empowerment and a unique interpretation of Islamic and esoteric teachings.
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A.
Clarence
Clarence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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B.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
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C.
Laurence
Laurence is a masculine given name of Latin origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Christopher Clayton
Christopher Clayton is a distinguished geoscientist recognized for his significant contributions to the Earth sciences, as evidenced by his receipt of the prestigious William Smith Medal.
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E.
Clarence Armstrong
Clarence Armstrong was the adopted son of Daisy Parker, who was Louis Armstrong’s first wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African-American religious leader
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founder ⓘ human ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activity | street-based religious teaching in Harlem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Allah
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linked to:
Allah the Father
Clarence Edward Smith ⓘ Father Allah ⓘ The Father ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Islamic concepts
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Nation of Islam teachings ⓘ esoteric and numerological systems ⓘ |
| cause |
promotion of Black empowerment
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promotion of Black self-knowledge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctrine |
85%, 10%, and 5% social breakdown teaching
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God and Earths concept ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| founderOf | Five-Percent Nation ⓘ |
| hasFollower | Five Percenters ⓘ |
| influenced |
African-American religious thought
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Five-Percent Nation culture ⓘ hip hop culture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legacy |
integration of Five-Percent teachings into rap lyrics
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ongoing influence in urban youth culture ⓘ |
| memberOf | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| movement |
Black empowerment
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Five-Percent Nation ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Black man is God doctrine
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Five Percenters concept ⓘ esoteric numerological teachings ⓘ unique interpretation of Islam ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of the Supreme Alphabet
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development of the Supreme Mathematics ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
mainstream Christianity
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white supremacy ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Harlem
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New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the Five-Percent Nation ⓘ |
| religion |
Five-Percent Nation
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Nation of Islam ⓘ |
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: Clarence 13X Description of subject: Clarence 13X was an American religious leader and former Nation of Islam member who founded the Five-Percent Nation in the 1960s, promoting Black empowerment and a unique interpretation of Islamic and esoteric teachings.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.