Ben Harney
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Ben Harney is an American actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway production of the musical "Dreamgirls."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Harney canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8973156 — 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: Ben Harney Context triple: [Curtis Taylor Jr., portrayedBy, Ben Harney]
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A.
Alex Harvey
Alex Harvey is a Scottish rock and blues musician best known as the charismatic frontman of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in the 1970s.
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B.
Ben Hood
Ben Hood is the emotionally distant, adulterous suburban father at the center of the 1970s-set drama "The Ice Storm," whose personal and familial crises unfold during a Thanksgiving weekend.
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C.
Frank Hunter
Frank Hunter is a central character in Terence Rattigan’s play *The Browning Version*, a young schoolmaster whose affair with the headmaster’s wife exposes the emotional and moral tensions at the heart of the story.
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D.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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E.
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was a highly influential American jazz drummer known for his work in hard bop and free jazz, recording extensively with artists such as Ornette Coleman and Dexter Gordon.
- 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: Ben Harney Target entity description: Ben Harney is an American actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway production of the musical "Dreamgirls."
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A.
Alex Harvey
Alex Harvey is a Scottish rock and blues musician best known as the charismatic frontman of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in the 1970s.
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B.
Ben Hood
Ben Hood is the emotionally distant, adulterous suburban father at the center of the 1970s-set drama "The Ice Storm," whose personal and familial crises unfold during a Thanksgiving weekend.
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C.
Frank Hunter
Frank Hunter is a central character in Terence Rattigan’s play *The Browning Version*, a young schoolmaster whose affair with the headmaster’s wife exposes the emotional and moral tensions at the heart of the story.
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D.
Ben Bilburn
Ben Bilburn is a music producer known for his work on Chance the Rapper’s debut studio album "The Big Day."
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E.
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was a highly influential American jazz drummer known for his work in hard bop and free jazz, recording extensively with artists such as Ornette Coleman and Dexter Gordon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century theatre
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Broadway musicals ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway theater
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| awardReceived |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
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linked to:
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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| awardReceivedFor | performance in Dreamgirls ⓘ |
| castMemberOf |
Dreamgirls (original Broadway cast)
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linked to:
Dreamgirls original Broadway cast recording
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
musical theatre acting
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performing arts ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasNationality | American ⓘ |
| knownFor | originating the role of Curtis Taylor Jr. in Dreamgirls ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Ben Harney ⓘ |
| notableRole | Curtis Taylor Jr. in Dreamgirls ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dreamgirls
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linked to:
Dreamgirls franchise
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| occupation |
actor
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singer ⓘ |
| performanceIn | original Broadway production of Dreamgirls ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| typeOfArtist |
musical theatre performer
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stage actor ⓘ |
| workLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ben Harney Description of subject: Ben Harney is an American actor best known for his Tony Award–winning performance in the original Broadway production of the musical "Dreamgirls."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.