Turman
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Turman is the surname of American actor Glynn Turman, known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Turman canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9418925 — 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: Turman Context triple: [Glynn Turman, familyName, Turman]
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A.
Tura
Tura is a prominent town in the Indian state of Meghalaya, serving as a major administrative, cultural, and economic center in the Garo Hills region.
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B.
Tura
Tura is a district in southern Cairo, Egypt, historically known for its limestone quarries used in ancient Egyptian monuments.
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C.
Buir
Buir is a district or locality within the town of Kerpen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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D.
Blizne
Blizne is a village in southeastern Poland best known for its historic wooden All Saints Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Tarusa
Tarusa is a small historic town in western Russia known for its scenic location on the Oka River and its associations with Russian artists and writers.
- 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: Turman Target entity description: Turman is the surname of American actor Glynn Turman, known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater.
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A.
Tura
Tura is a prominent town in the Indian state of Meghalaya, serving as a major administrative, cultural, and economic center in the Garo Hills region.
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B.
Tura
Tura is a district in southern Cairo, Egypt, historically known for its limestone quarries used in ancient Egyptian monuments.
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C.
Buir
Buir is a district or locality within the town of Kerpen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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D.
Blizne
Blizne is a village in southeastern Poland best known for its historic wooden All Saints Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
Tarusa
Tarusa is a small historic town in western Russia known for its scenic location on the Oka River and its associations with Russian artists and writers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
human ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Primetime Emmy Award
ⓘ
linked to:
Primetime Emmy Awards
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Turman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Glynn Turman ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English language ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Different World
ⓘ
Cooley High ⓘ House of Lies ⓘ
linked to:
House of Lies (TV series)
The Wire ⓘ |
| occupation |
film actor
ⓘ
film director ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ television director ⓘ |
| usedBy | Glynn Turman ⓘ |
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: Turman Description of subject: Turman is the surname of American actor Glynn Turman, known for his extensive work in film, television, and theater.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.