Taraji P. Henson
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Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taraji P. Henson canonical | 53 |
| Taraji | 2 |
| Taraji Penda Henson | 2 |
| 2017 – Taraji P. Henson | 1 |
| African-American actresses | 1 |
| Taraji P. Henson (attended, transferred) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T522917 — 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: Taraji P. Henson Context triple: [Think Like a Man, castMember, Taraji P. Henson]
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A.
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis is an American actress, singer, and comedian known for her dynamic supporting roles in film and television, including her work in musical and family-oriented movies.
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B.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host known for her EGOT-winning career spanning film, television, and theater.
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C.
Regina King
Regina King is an acclaimed American actress and director known for her award-winning performances in film and television, including roles in "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Watchmen," and "Jerry Maguire."
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D.
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad is an American actress, singer, and director best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the television series "The Cosby Show."
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E.
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett is an acclaimed American actress known for her powerful performances in film and television, particularly in biographical and dramatic roles.
- 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: Taraji P. Henson Target entity description: Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
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A.
Jenifer Lewis
Jenifer Lewis is an American actress, singer, and comedian known for her dynamic supporting roles in film and television, including her work in musical and family-oriented movies.
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B.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an acclaimed American actress, comedian, and television host known for her EGOT-winning career spanning film, television, and theater.
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C.
Regina King
Regina King is an acclaimed American actress and director known for her award-winning performances in film and television, including roles in "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Watchmen," and "Jerry Maguire."
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D.
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad is an American actress, singer, and director best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the television series "The Cosby Show."
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E.
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett is an acclaimed American actress known for her powerful performances in film and television, particularly in biographical and dramatic roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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: Taraji P. Henson Description of subject: Taraji P. Henson is an American actress known for her versatile performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in projects like "Empire," "Hidden Figures," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taraji P. Henson
linked to: Taraji P. Henson
linked to: Taraji P. Henson
subject linked to:
Person of Interest
subject linked to:
Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
subject linked to:
Shug in Hustle & Flow
subject linked to:
Yvette in Baby Boy
subject linked to:
Detective Jocelyn Carter in Person of Interest
linked to: Taraji P. Henson
linked to: Taraji P. Henson
subject linked to:
Cookie Lyon (by marriage, mother-in-law)