Bobby Womack
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Bobby Womack was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his emotive vocals and genre-spanning contributions from the 1960s onward.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bobby Womack canonical | 18 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5416986 — 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: Bobby Womack Context triple: [Fly Me to the Moon, notablePerformer, Bobby Womack]
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A.
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and bandleader best known as a key collaborator and founding member of James Brown’s backing group, The Famous Flames.
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B.
Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke was an influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful voice and his role in shaping the sound of 1960s soul music.
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C.
Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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D.
Bobby Robinson
Bobby Robinson is a songwriter best known for his work on the song "Honey."
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E.
Sam Moore
Sam Moore is an American soul singer best known as one half of the influential 1960s duo Sam & Dave, famed for hits like "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'."
- 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: Bobby Womack Target entity description: Bobby Womack was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his emotive vocals and genre-spanning contributions from the 1960s onward.
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A.
Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and bandleader best known as a key collaborator and founding member of James Brown’s backing group, The Famous Flames.
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B.
Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke was an influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful voice and his role in shaping the sound of 1960s soul music.
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C.
Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland was an influential American blues and soul singer known for his smooth, expressive vocal style and a string of R&B hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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D.
Bobby Robinson
Bobby Robinson is a songwriter best known for his work on the song "Honey."
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E.
Sam Moore
Sam Moore is an American soul singer best known as one half of the influential 1960s duo Sam & Dave, famed for hits like "Soul Man" and "Hold On, I'm Comin'."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
ⓘ
human ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2014 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Aretha Franklin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorillaz NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sly and the Family Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-03-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-06-27 ⓘ |
| familyName | Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredOn |
Gorillaz – Cloud of Unknowing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorillaz – Stylo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Dwayne Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
doo-wop
ⓘ
funk ⓘ gospel ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary R&B singers
ⓘ
neo soul artists ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Valentinos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Across 110th Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Facts of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Hippie NERFINISHED ⓘ If You Think You’re Lonely Now NERFINISHED ⓘ Lookin’ for a Love NERFINISHED ⓘ That’s the Way I Feel About Cha NERFINISHED ⓘ The Poet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Poet II NERFINISHED ⓘ Woman’s Gotta Have It NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cleveland, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Beverly Glen Music
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ Liberty Records NERFINISHED ⓘ United Artists Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cecil Womack
NERFINISHED
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Curtis Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ Friendly Womack Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| songCoveredBy | The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Barbara Campbell
NERFINISHED
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Regina Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Bobby Womack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteSong | It’s All Over Now NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Bobby Womack Description of subject: Bobby Womack was an influential American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his emotive vocals and genre-spanning contributions from the 1960s onward.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Don't Matter
subject surface form:
Across 110th Street
subject surface form:
Across 110th Street
subject surface form:
Across 110th Street
subject surface form:
Across 110th Street