Barbara Dickson
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Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barbara Dickson canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11305 — 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.
Target entity: Barbara Dickson Context triple: [Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, hasNotablePerson, Barbara Dickson]
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Ann Sadler
Ann Sadler was the wife of John Harvard, the English clergyman and benefactor after whom Harvard University is named.
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Marion MacInnis
Marion MacInnis was the wife of pioneering American electrical engineer and radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong.
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Melba Phillips
Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.
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Katherine Rogers
Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
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Susannah Martin
Susannah Martin was a Massachusetts woman executed for alleged witchcraft in 1692, remembered as one of the victims of the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Barbara Dickson Target entity description: Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
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A.
Ann Sadler
Ann Sadler was the wife of John Harvard, the English clergyman and benefactor after whom Harvard University is named.
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B.
Marion MacInnis
Marion MacInnis was the wife of pioneering American electrical engineer and radio inventor Edwin H. Armstrong.
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C.
Melba Phillips
Melba Phillips was an influential American physicist and educator known for her work in theoretical physics and for coauthoring the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear physics.
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D.
Katherine Rogers
Katherine Rogers was the mother of John Harvard, the English clergyman whose bequest helped found Harvard College in colonial Massachusetts.
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E.
Susannah Martin
Susannah Martin was a Massachusetts woman executed for alleged witchcraft in 1692, remembered as one of the victims of the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
music industry
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BRIT Awards
ⓘ
surface form:
Brit Award
|
| birthDate | 1947-09-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dunfermline
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surface form:
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Dickson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
folk music
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Barbara ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
ⓘ
Elaine Paige ⓘ Tim Rice ⓘ |
| hasDiscographySection |
compilation albums
ⓘ
singles ⓘ studio albums ⓘ |
| hasGenreInfluence | traditional Scottish music ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
folk-inspired pop music
ⓘ
musical theatre roles ⓘ role in Blood Brothers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Barbara Dickson self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Band of Gold
ⓘ
Blood Brothers ⓘ Evita ⓘ I Know Him So Well ⓘ January February ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| vocalType | mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Barbara Dickson Description of subject: Barbara Dickson is a Scottish singer and actress known for her folk-inspired pop music and roles in musical theatre, including the hit musical "Blood Brothers."
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.