Yvonne Elliman
E430601
Yvonne Elliman is a Hawaiian-born singer and actress best known for her role as Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and for the 1977 disco hit "If I Can't Have You."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yvonne Elliman canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4294386 — 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: Yvonne Elliman Context triple: [Albhy Galuten, collaboratedWith, Yvonne Elliman]
-
A.
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her starring role in the film musical "South Pacific" and her vibrant performances on stage and television.
-
B.
Betty Wright
Betty Wright is the wife of former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright and served as his partner and supporter throughout his long political career.
-
C.
Ina Caro
Ina Caro is an American historian and travel writer known for her books that explore French history through journeys to its historic sites.
-
D.
Gloria Caruso
Gloria Caruso was the daughter of legendary Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, known primarily for her connection to her father's legacy.
-
E.
Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins was an American soul and funk singer known for her powerful vocals and collaborations with James Brown, including the classic track "Think (About It)."
- 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: Yvonne Elliman Target entity description: Yvonne Elliman is a Hawaiian-born singer and actress best known for her role as Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and for the 1977 disco hit "If I Can't Have You."
-
A.
Mitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her starring role in the film musical "South Pacific" and her vibrant performances on stage and television.
-
B.
Betty Wright
Betty Wright is the wife of former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright and served as his partner and supporter throughout his long political career.
-
C.
Ina Caro
Ina Caro is an American historian and travel writer known for her books that explore French history through journeys to its historic sites.
-
D.
Gloria Caruso
Gloria Caruso was the daughter of legendary Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, known primarily for her connection to her father's legacy.
-
E.
Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins was an American soul and funk singer known for her powerful vocals and collaborations with James Brown, including the classic track "Think (About It)."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ singer ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bee Gees NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Album of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Saturday Night Fever (as featured artist) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Yvonne Marianne Elliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-12-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Irish
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| genre |
disco
ⓘ
pop ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Ben Hyman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sage Hyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yvonne Elliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedForWork | If I Can't Have You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Food of Love (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love Me (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Night Flight (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne (album, 1979) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hello Stranger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Don't Know How to Love Him NERFINISHED ⓘ If I Can't Have You NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesus Christ Superstar (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Yvonne Elliman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Polydor Records
ⓘ
RSO Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Bill Oakes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wade Hyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Barry Gibb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maurice Gibb NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Gibb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1969–present ⓘ |
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: Yvonne Elliman Description of subject: Yvonne Elliman is a Hawaiian-born singer and actress best known for her role as Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and for the 1977 disco hit "If I Can't Have You."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I Don't Know How to Love Him