Michael Bolotin
E928205
Michael Bolotin is the birth name of Michael Bolton, an American singer-songwriter known for his powerful ballads and soft rock hits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Bolotin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11272323 — 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: Michael Bolotin Context triple: [Michael Bolton, birthName, Michael Bolotin]
-
A.
Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Shchusev was a prominent Russian and Soviet architect known for blending traditional Russian styles with modernist principles in major state and religious buildings.
-
B.
Viktor Mayevsky
Viktor Mayevsky was a Soviet diplomat who served as an ambassador representing the interests of the USSR abroad.
-
C.
Boris Levitan
Boris Levitan was a prominent Soviet-American mathematician known for his influential work in functional analysis, differential equations, and spectral theory.
-
D.
Viktor Kazantsev
Viktor Kazantsev was a Russian army general and politician who played a key role in federal operations in the North Caucasus during the early 2000s.
-
E.
Vyacheslav Kebich
Vyacheslav Kebich was a Belarusian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of independent Belarus and played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- 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: Michael Bolotin Target entity description: Michael Bolotin is the birth name of Michael Bolton, an American singer-songwriter known for his powerful ballads and soft rock hits.
-
A.
Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Shchusev was a prominent Russian and Soviet architect known for blending traditional Russian styles with modernist principles in major state and religious buildings.
-
B.
Viktor Mayevsky
Viktor Mayevsky was a Soviet diplomat who served as an ambassador representing the interests of the USSR abroad.
-
C.
Boris Levitan
Boris Levitan was a prominent Soviet-American mathematician known for his influential work in functional analysis, differential equations, and spectral theory.
-
D.
Viktor Kazantsev
Viktor Kazantsev was a Russian army general and politician who played a key role in federal operations in the North Caucasus during the early 2000s.
-
E.
Vyacheslav Kebich
Vyacheslav Kebich was a Belarusian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of independent Belarus and played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Céline Dion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kenny G NERFINISHED ⓘ Luciano Pavarotti NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavarotti & Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1953-02-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | New Haven, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| founded | The Michael Bolton Charities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Holly Bolton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isa Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ Taryn Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.michaelbolton.com/ ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
powerful ballads
ⓘ
soft rock hits ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Bolotin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
How Can We Be Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ Said I Loved You... But I Lied NERFINISHED ⓘ Time, Love and Tenderness NERFINISHED ⓘ When a Man Loves a Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ MCA Records ⓘ Motown ⓘ
surface form:
Motown Records
RCA Records ⓘ |
| residence | Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Maureen McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Michael Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | tenor ⓘ |
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: Michael Bolotin Description of subject: Michael Bolotin is the birth name of Michael Bolton, an American singer-songwriter known for his powerful ballads and soft rock hits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.