C. L. Franklin
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C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C. L. Franklin canonical | 27 |
| C. L. Franklin discography | 1 |
| Rev. C. L. Franklin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404230 — 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: C. L. Franklin Context triple: [Aretha Franklin, father, C. L. Franklin]
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A.
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
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B.
Ben E. King
Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
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C.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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D.
Ray Charles
Ray Charles was a pioneering American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose fusion of gospel, blues, and jazz helped create soul music and made him one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
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E.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
- 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: C. L. Franklin Target entity description: C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
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A.
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
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B.
Ben E. King
Ben E. King was an American soul and R&B singer best known for his classic hit "Stand by Me" and his work with The Drifters.
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C.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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D.
Ray Charles
Ray Charles was a pioneering American singer, songwriter, and pianist whose fusion of gospel, blues, and jazz helped create soul music and made him one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
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E.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist widely known as the "Queen of Soul" and celebrated for her powerful voice and profound influence on popular music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American clergy
ⓘ
Baptist minister ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1930s–1979 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
C. L. Franklin
ⓘ
The Man with the Million-Dollar Voice ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications of gunshot wound ⓘ |
| child |
Aretha Franklin
ⓘ
Carolyn Franklin ⓘ Cecil Franklin ⓘ Erma Franklin ⓘ
linked to:
Aretha Franklin
Vaughn Franklin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-01-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-07-27 ⓘ |
| denomination |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
National Baptist Convention USA Inc.
|
| endTime | 1979 (active pastorate at New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian ministry
ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| fullName | Clarence LaVaughn Franklin ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | Christian sermon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aretha Franklin
ⓘ
gospel and soul music through sermon recordings ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the father of Aretha Franklin
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charismatic preaching style ⓘ civil rights advocacy ⓘ recorded sermons ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shot during a robbery at his home in 1979 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
sermon "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"
ⓘ
sermon recordings for Chess Records ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
pastor ⓘ preacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunflower County, Mississippi
|
| placeOfDeath |
Detroit, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
|
| positionHeld | pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
Buffalo, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Siggers Franklin ⓘ |
| startTime | 1946 (pastorate at New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit) ⓘ |
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: C. L. Franklin Description of subject: C. L. Franklin was a prominent American Baptist minister and civil rights activist renowned for his charismatic preaching and as the father of soul singer Aretha Franklin.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: C. L. Franklin
subject linked to:
sermon "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"
subject linked to:
sermon "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"
subject linked to:
sermon "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest"
subject linked to:
Dry Bones in the Valley sermon
subject linked to:
Dry Bones in the Valley sermon
subject linked to:
Dry Bones in the Valley sermon
subject linked to:
Dry Bones in the Valley sermon
linked to: C. L. Franklin