Jimmie Davis
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Jimmie Davis was an American country music singer and songwriter who served as a two-term governor of Louisiana.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jimmie Davis canonical | 3 |
| Jimmy Davis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6276057 — 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: Jimmie Davis Context triple: [Earl K. Long, precededBy, Jimmie Davis]
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A.
Boudleaux Bryant
Boudleaux Bryant was an American songwriter best known for his prolific country and pop hits, often written with his wife Felice, including classics like “Bye Bye Love” and “Love Hurts.”
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B.
Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter known for penning numerous hits and for his distinctive stutter in speech but smooth singing voice.
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C.
Voyle Gilmore
Voyle Gilmore was an American record producer best known for his influential work at Capitol Records with artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio.
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D.
Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes was a popular Argentine-born American traditional pop singer and actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
Dick La Reno
Dick La Reno was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his roles in Westerns and historical dramas.
- 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: Jimmie Davis Target entity description: Jimmie Davis was an American country music singer and songwriter who served as a two-term governor of Louisiana.
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A.
Boudleaux Bryant
Boudleaux Bryant was an American songwriter best known for his prolific country and pop hits, often written with his wife Felice, including classics like “Bye Bye Love” and “Love Hurts.”
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B.
Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter known for penning numerous hits and for his distinctive stutter in speech but smooth singing voice.
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C.
Voyle Gilmore
Voyle Gilmore was an American record producer best known for his influential work at Capitol Records with artists such as Frank Sinatra and The Kingston Trio.
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D.
Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes was a popular Argentine-born American traditional pop singer and actor prominent in the 1940s and 1950s.
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E.
Dick La Reno
Dick La Reno was an early 20th-century American silent film actor known for his roles in Westerns and historical dramas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Governor of Louisiana
ⓘ
country music singer ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| academicDegree | master's degree in history ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Charles Mitchell and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1899-09-11 ⓘ |
| birthName | James Houston Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Quitman, Louisiana ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2000-11-05 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Baton Rouge, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Louisiana College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louisiana State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
country music
ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame
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inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| instrument | vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shreveport, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| name | Jimmie Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
It Makes No Difference Now
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nobody's Darling But Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | You Are My Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTermsAsGovernorOfLouisiana | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performed | You Are My Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor of Louisiana ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Decca Records
ⓘ
RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alvern Adams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gladys Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateServedAsGovernor | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1948-05-11
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1964-05-12 ⓘ |
| termStart |
1944-05-09
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1960-05-10 ⓘ |
| wrote | You Are My Sunshine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Jimmie Davis Description of subject: Jimmie Davis was an American country music singer and songwriter who served as a two-term governor of Louisiana.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.