Tom DuBois
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Tom DuBois is a mild-mannered, upper-middle-class Black lawyer and family man in the animated series "The Boondocks," often portrayed as anxious, conflict-averse, and deeply fearful of the criminal justice system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tom DuBois canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5823048 — 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: Tom DuBois Context triple: [The Boondocks, featuresCharacter, Tom DuBois]
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A.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
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B.
John Dunlavy
John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
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C.
Paul Bigot
Paul Bigot was a French architect best known for creating the detailed plaster "Plan de Rome," a large-scale model reconstructing ancient Rome.
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D.
Jervis McEntee
Jervis McEntee was a 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School, known for his poetic, melancholic depictions of nature.
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E.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
- 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: Tom DuBois Target entity description: Tom DuBois is a mild-mannered, upper-middle-class Black lawyer and family man in the animated series "The Boondocks," often portrayed as anxious, conflict-averse, and deeply fearful of the criminal justice system.
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A.
Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois is an American music executive and songwriter best known for his influential role in shaping modern country music and developing major artists in Nashville.
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B.
John Dunlavy
John Dunlavy was an early 19th-century American religious leader and writer involved in the dissolution of the Springfield Presbytery and later known for his association with the Shaker movement.
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C.
Paul Bigot
Paul Bigot was a French architect best known for creating the detailed plaster "Plan de Rome," a large-scale model reconstructing ancient Rome.
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D.
Jervis McEntee
Jervis McEntee was a 19th-century American landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School, known for his poetic, melancholic depictions of nature.
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E.
Montgomery Brewster
Montgomery Brewster is the hapless minor-league baseball player who must spend a vast inheritance under strict conditions in the comedy film "Brewster's Millions."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animated television character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ |
| alignment | law-abiding ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Boondocks ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | television ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from The Boondocks comic strip ⓘ |
| child | Jazmine DuBois ⓘ |
| clothingStyle | business attire ⓘ |
| creator | Aaron McGruder ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Black ⓘ |
| eyeColor | brown ⓘ |
| familyRole |
father
ⓘ
husband ⓘ |
| fear |
criminal justice system
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork |
The Boondocks (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boondocks
|
| franchise |
The Boondocks franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
The Boondocks
|
| friendOf |
Huey Freeman
ⓘ
Riley Freeman ⓘ Robert Jebediah Freeman ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | satirical comedy ⓘ |
| hairColor | black ⓘ |
| legalRole | prosecutor ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | animation ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
comic relief
ⓘ
satire of Black middle-class respectability politics ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
deep fear of incarceration
ⓘ
overly cautious about legal trouble ⓘ |
| notableEpisodeTheme | fear of being sent to prison ⓘ |
| occupation |
assistant district attorney
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
anxious
ⓘ
conflict-averse ⓘ mild-mannered ⓘ neurotic ⓘ |
| race | African-American ⓘ |
| relationship | neighbor of the Freeman family ⓘ |
| residence | Woodcrest ⓘ |
| seriesType | animated television series ⓘ |
| setting | suburban neighborhood of Woodcrest ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper-middle-class ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah DuBois ⓘ |
| voiceActor | Cedric Yarbrough ⓘ |
| worksIn | criminal justice system ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tom DuBois Description of subject: Tom DuBois is a mild-mannered, upper-middle-class Black lawyer and family man in the animated series "The Boondocks," often portrayed as anxious, conflict-averse, and deeply fearful of the criminal justice system.
Referenced by (6)
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