Epps
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Epps is a surname most prominently associated with American comedian and actor Mike Epps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epps canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8782219 — 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: Epps Context triple: [Mike Epps, familyName, Epps]
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A.
Epsilons
Epsilons was a California garage rock and punk band known for its raw, lo-fi sound and for featuring Ty Segall early in his career.
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B.
EPI
EPI is a global public health initiative led by the World Health Organization that aims to ensure universal access to routine, life-saving vaccinations, particularly for children.
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C.
EPI
EPI is the abbreviation for Exploding Plastic Inevitable, the multimedia performance series created by Andy Warhol that combined live music, film projections, and avant-garde art in the 1960s.
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D.
Eppstein
Eppstein is a small historic town in the German state of Hesse, known for its medieval castle and scenic location in the Taunus mountains.
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E.
Epip
Epip is a summer month in the Coptic calendar, roughly corresponding to July in the Gregorian calendar.
- 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: Epps Target entity description: Epps is a surname most prominently associated with American comedian and actor Mike Epps.
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A.
Epsilons
Epsilons was a California garage rock and punk band known for its raw, lo-fi sound and for featuring Ty Segall early in his career.
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B.
EPI
EPI is a global public health initiative led by the World Health Organization that aims to ensure universal access to routine, life-saving vaccinations, particularly for children.
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C.
EPI
EPI is the abbreviation for Exploding Plastic Inevitable, the multimedia performance series created by Andy Warhol that combined live music, film projections, and avant-garde art in the 1960s.
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D.
Eppstein
Eppstein is a small historic town in the German state of Hesse, known for its medieval castle and scenic location in the Taunus mountains.
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E.
Epip
Epip is a summer month in the Coptic calendar, roughly corresponding to July in the Gregorian calendar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| birthName | Michael Elliot Epps ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1970-11-18
ⓘ
1973-07-20 ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName |
Epps
ⓘ
Epps ⓘ Epps ⓘ Epps ⓘ Epps ⓘ Epps ⓘ |
| genre |
observational comedy
ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Anna Epps
ⓘ
Archie Epps ⓘ Charles Epps ⓘ Harriet Epps ⓘ Mike Epps ⓘ Omar Epps ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All About the Benjamins
ⓘ
Friday After Next ⓘ House ⓘ Juice ⓘ Love & Basketball ⓘ Next Friday ⓘ Resident Evil: Apocalypse ⓘ The Hangover ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic administrator
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ medical school dean ⓘ microbiologist ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
ⓘ
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
| usedIn | English language ⓘ |
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: Epps Description of subject: Epps is a surname most prominently associated with American comedian and actor Mike Epps.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.