Lelia McWilliams
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Lelia McWilliams, better known as A'Lelia Walker, was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts who played a prominent role in Harlem's cultural life during the Harlem Renaissance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lelia McWilliams canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9923664 — 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: Lelia McWilliams Context triple: [A'Lelia Walker, birthName, Lelia McWilliams]
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A.
Althea Young Johnson
Althea Young Johnson was the wife of famed aerospace engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, a key figure in his personal life during his pioneering work at Lockheed's Skunk Works.
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B.
Shirley Yarbrough
Shirley Yarbrough was the wife of prominent civil rights leader and presidential adviser Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
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C.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
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D.
Mary Little
Mary Little is a family member of Earl Little, known primarily through her relation to him.
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E.
Susan Holbert McDaniel
Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
- 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: Lelia McWilliams Target entity description: Lelia McWilliams, better known as A'Lelia Walker, was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts who played a prominent role in Harlem's cultural life during the Harlem Renaissance.
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A.
Althea Young Johnson
Althea Young Johnson was the wife of famed aerospace engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, a key figure in his personal life during his pioneering work at Lockheed's Skunk Works.
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B.
Shirley Yarbrough
Shirley Yarbrough was the wife of prominent civil rights leader and presidential adviser Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
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C.
Edna Mae McCauley
Edna Mae McCauley is the central character in the 1980 drama film "Resurrection," a woman who miraculously survives a near-fatal accident and discovers she has the power to heal others.
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D.
Mary Little
Mary Little is a family member of Earl Little, known primarily through her relation to him.
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E.
Susan Holbert McDaniel
Susan Holbert McDaniel was the mother of pioneering African American actress Hattie McDaniel, the first Black performer to win an Academy Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businesswoman
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human ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
A'Lelia Walker
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A’Lelia Walker ⓘ
linked to:
A'Lelia Walker
|
| birthName | Lelia McWilliams ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
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linked to:
Madam C. J. Walker
|
| ethnicGroup |
African Americans
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | McWilliams ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African-American hair care products
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cosmetics industry ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lelia ⓘ |
| heritage | African-American ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| mother | Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ |
| movement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on African-American cultural and social life in early 20th-century New York
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leadership in Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company ⓘ role in Harlem Renaissance cultural life ⓘ support of African-American artists, writers, and musicians ⓘ |
| notableRole | cultural hostess during the Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableWork | hosting salons and gatherings for artists and writers in Harlem ⓘ |
| occupation |
businesswoman
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company executive ⓘ patron of the arts ⓘ |
| parent | Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Harlem
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New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company ⓘ |
| relative | Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ |
| residence |
Harlem
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| socialCircle | Harlem Renaissance artists and intellectuals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Lelia McWilliams Description of subject: Lelia McWilliams, better known as A'Lelia Walker, was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts who played a prominent role in Harlem's cultural life during the Harlem Renaissance.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.