Fontella Bass
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Fontella Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fontella Bass canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6378607 — 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: Fontella Bass Context triple: [Chess Records, notableArtist, Fontella Bass]
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A.
Valenton
Valenton is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major transport routes.
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B.
Bondye
Bondye is the supreme, transcendent creator god in Haitian Vodou, regarded as the distant but all-powerful source of the universe and all spiritual forces.
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C.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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D.
Kizzy
Kizzy is a memorable character from Alex Haley’s saga "Roots," portrayed as a strong, resilient woman who embodies the struggles and spirit of enslaved African Americans.
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E.
Charly Baltimore
Charly Baltimore is a lethal, amnesiac secret agent who gradually uncovers her true identity in the action thriller film "The Long Kiss Goodnight."
- 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: Fontella Bass Target entity description: Fontella Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
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A.
Valenton
Valenton is a suburban commune in the southeastern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its residential character and proximity to major transport routes.
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B.
Bondye
Bondye is the supreme, transcendent creator god in Haitian Vodou, regarded as the distant but all-powerful source of the universe and all spiritual forces.
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C.
Blatch
Blatch is the surname of Nora Stanton Blatch, an early 20th-century American civil engineer, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
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D.
Kizzy
Kizzy is a memorable character from Alex Haley’s saga "Roots," portrayed as a strong, resilient woman who embodies the struggles and spirit of enslaved African Americans.
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E.
Charly Baltimore
Charly Baltimore is a lethal, amnesiac secret agent who gradually uncovers her true identity in the action thriller film "The Long Kiss Goodnight."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2012 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Art Ensemble of Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lester Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Fontella Marie Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from a heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-07-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-12-26 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| genre |
gospel music
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | gospel music ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| name | Fontella Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Recovery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rescue Me NERFINISHED ⓘ You'll Never Know NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Recovery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rescue Me NERFINISHED ⓘ The New Look NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| performedGenre | Chicago soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith | Art Ensemble of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Fontella Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Checker Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Lester Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startedCareer | 1950s ⓘ |
| vocalType | contralto ⓘ |
| workedAs | pianist ⓘ |
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: Fontella Bass Description of subject: Fontella Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.