Al Wilson
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Al Wilson was an American soul singer best known for his 1973 hit single "Show and Tell."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al Wilson canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13245411 — 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: Al Wilson Context triple: [Jerry Fuller, producedForArtist, Al Wilson]
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A.
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson was a British television producer and writer best known for helping develop and launch the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC in the early 1960s.
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B.
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson was a prominent U.S. Army Air Corps officer and airpower theorist who helped shape early American air doctrine in the interwar period.
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C.
Dick Wilson
Dick Wilson was a prominent American golf course architect known for designing numerous challenging and strategically sophisticated courses in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wally Kline
Wally Kline was a Hollywood screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for co-writing major studio films including classic adventure and war dramas.
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E.
Bruce Wilson
Bruce Wilson is a former Canadian international soccer defender and captain widely regarded as one of the country’s greatest players.
- 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: Al Wilson Target entity description: Al Wilson was an American soul singer best known for his 1973 hit single "Show and Tell."
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A.
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson was a British television producer and writer best known for helping develop and launch the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC in the early 1960s.
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B.
Donald Wilson
Donald Wilson was a prominent U.S. Army Air Corps officer and airpower theorist who helped shape early American air doctrine in the interwar period.
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C.
Dick Wilson
Dick Wilson was a prominent American golf course architect known for designing numerous challenging and strategically sophisticated courses in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Wally Kline
Wally Kline was a Hollywood screenwriter active in the early 20th century, known for co-writing major studio films including classic adventure and war dramas.
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E.
Bruce Wilson
Bruce Wilson is a former Canadian international soccer defender and captain widely regarded as one of the country’s greatest players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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recording artist ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
| album |
La La Peace Song
NERFINISHED
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Searching for the Dolphins NERFINISHED ⓘ Show and Tell NERFINISHED ⓘ Weighing In NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Allen LaMar Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | kidney failure ⓘ |
| chartAchievement |
"Show and Tell" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
NERFINISHED
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"Show and Tell" reached number 10 on the Billboard R&B chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-06-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-04-21 ⓘ |
| famousFor | 1973 hit single "Show and Tell" ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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soul ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
R&B
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soul ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Navy ⓘ |
| name | Al Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I've Got a Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
La La Peace Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Show and Tell NERFINISHED ⓘ The Snake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Johnny Harris and the Shades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Jewels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Meridian, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Fontana, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Bell Records
NERFINISHED
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RCA Records ⓘ Roadshow Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Road Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| single |
I Won't Last a Day Without You
NERFINISHED
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La La Peace Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Side of Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Show and Tell NERFINISHED ⓘ The Snake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | baritone ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1950s–2000s ⓘ |
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: Al Wilson Description of subject: Al Wilson was an American soul singer best known for his 1973 hit single "Show and Tell."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.