Irma Thomas
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Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irma Thomas canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6629389 — 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: Irma Thomas Context triple: [Super Bowl XXIV, halftimeShow, Irma Thomas]
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A.
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.
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B.
Thelma Evans
Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
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C.
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
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D.
Gladys Irene Owens
Gladys Irene Owens was the first wife of James Roosevelt II, the eldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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E.
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor was a powerhouse American blues singer, celebrated as the "Queen of the Blues" for her raw, gritty vocals and influential Chicago blues recordings.
- 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: Irma Thomas Target entity description: Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
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A.
Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas is an American soul singer, often called the "Queen of Memphis Soul," known for hits like "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" and her influential recordings with Stax Records.
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B.
Thelma Evans
Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
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C.
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson was a legendary American gospel singer whose powerful voice and spiritual performances made her an influential figure in the civil rights movement.
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D.
Gladys Irene Owens
Gladys Irene Owens was the first wife of James Roosevelt II, the eldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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E.
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor was a powerhouse American blues singer, celebrated as the "Queen of the Blues" for her raw, gritty vocals and influential Chicago blues recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| alias | Soul Queen of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award
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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Irma Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalDesignation | Soul Queen of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-02-18 ⓘ |
| genre |
gospel
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame
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inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Orleans soul music
ⓘ
female R&B vocalists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Irma Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New Orleans R&B recordings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
powerful vocals ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
It’s Raining NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruler of My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Is on My Side NERFINISHED ⓘ Wish Someone Would Care NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | singer ⓘ |
| performedAt | New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Thumb Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Minit Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Rounder Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Emile Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | contralto ⓘ |
| work |
After the Rain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
My Heart’s in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ Simply Grand 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: Irma Thomas Description of subject: Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.