Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne
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Edwin Horne was the father of legendary American singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, remembered primarily for his connection to her life and legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4969703 — 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: Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne Context triple: [Cypress Hills Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne]
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A.
Lena Horne
Lena Horne was an acclaimed American singer, actress, and civil rights activist renowned for her work in jazz and popular music as well as her groundbreaking roles in film and television.
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B.
Laverne Miller
Laverne Miller is a central character in the 1954 mystery film "Gorilla at Large," involved in the circus-themed plot surrounding a series of murders.
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C.
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine was an influential American jazz and pop singer and bandleader known for his rich baritone voice and pioneering role in the development of modern jazz.
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D.
Paul Robeson Sr.
Paul Robeson Sr. was an African American minister and community leader, best known as the father of renowned singer, actor, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
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E.
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian-born American jazz and classical pianist, singer, and civil rights activist renowned for her virtuosity and trailblazing presence in film, television, and the nightclub scene of the mid-20th century.
- 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: Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne Target entity description: Edwin Horne was the father of legendary American singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, remembered primarily for his connection to her life and legacy.
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A.
Lena Horne
Lena Horne was an acclaimed American singer, actress, and civil rights activist renowned for her work in jazz and popular music as well as her groundbreaking roles in film and television.
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B.
Laverne Miller
Laverne Miller is a central character in the 1954 mystery film "Gorilla at Large," involved in the circus-themed plot surrounding a series of murders.
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C.
Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine was an influential American jazz and pop singer and bandleader known for his rich baritone voice and pioneering role in the development of modern jazz.
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D.
Paul Robeson Sr.
Paul Robeson Sr. was an African American minister and community leader, best known as the father of renowned singer, actor, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.
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E.
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian-born American jazz and classical pianist, singer, and civil rights activist renowned for her virtuosity and trailblazing presence in film, television, and the nightclub scene of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| child | Lena Horne ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
African American civil rights history
ⓘ
American entertainment history ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Horne ⓘ |
| father | Edwin Horne ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin ⓘ |
| hasPartInNarrative | Lena Horne’s early childhood ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Lena Horne biographies
ⓘ
linked to:
Lena Horne
|
| name | Edwin Horne ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the father of Lena Horne ⓘ |
| occupation |
bartender
ⓘ
numbers runner ⓘ |
| relative | Cora Calhoun Horne ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn, New York City
ⓘ
Harlem, New York City ⓘ
linked to:
Harlem
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialRole | father ⓘ |
| spouse |
Cora Calhoun Horne
ⓘ
Edwin Horne ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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: Lena Horne’s father Edwin Horne Description of subject: Edwin Horne was the father of legendary American singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, remembered primarily for his connection to her life and legacy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States