Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
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Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs is a fictional clergyman character portrayed by Forest Whitaker, notable as the husband of Angela Bassett’s character Aretha Cobbs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6284882 — 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: Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs Context triple: [Angela Bassett as Aretha Cobbs, spouseOf, Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs]
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A.
Cecil Gaines in The Butler
Cecil Gaines in *The Butler* is the fictionalized White House butler whose decades of service provide a personal lens on major events in 20th-century American history.
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B.
Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington is an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the television series "Grey's Anatomy" and for his performances in films such as "Clockers" and "Get on the Bus."
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C.
Harry Lennix
Harry Lennix is an American actor known for his commanding presence in film and television, including prominent roles in series like The Blacklist and in several DC Comics–based movies.
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D.
Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks is an American actor and director best known for his role as Captain Benjamin Sisko on the television series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
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E.
Ron Cephas Jones
Ron Cephas Jones was an American actor acclaimed for his nuanced, Emmy-winning performances in television and theater, notably for his role as William Hill on the drama series "This Is Us."
- 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: Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs Target entity description: Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs is a fictional clergyman character portrayed by Forest Whitaker, notable as the husband of Angela Bassett’s character Aretha Cobbs.
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A.
Cecil Gaines in The Butler
Cecil Gaines in *The Butler* is the fictionalized White House butler whose decades of service provide a personal lens on major events in 20th-century American history.
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B.
Isaiah Washington
Isaiah Washington is an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the television series "Grey's Anatomy" and for his performances in films such as "Clockers" and "Get on the Bus."
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C.
Harry Lennix
Harry Lennix is an American actor known for his commanding presence in film and television, including prominent roles in series like The Blacklist and in several DC Comics–based movies.
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D.
Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks is an American actor and director best known for his role as Captain Benjamin Sisko on the television series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."
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E.
Ron Cephas Jones
Ron Cephas Jones was an American actor acclaimed for his nuanced, Emmy-winning performances in television and theater, notably for his role as William Hill on the drama series "This Is Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (7)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clergyman
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fictional character ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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actor ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Angela Bassett
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Forest Whitaker ⓘ |
| spouse | Aretha Cobbs ⓘ |
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: Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs Description of subject: Forest Whitaker as Reverend Cornell Cobbs is a fictional clergyman character portrayed by Forest Whitaker, notable as the husband of Angela Bassett’s character Aretha Cobbs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.