Fonzi Thornton
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Fonzi Thornton is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his extensive session and backing vocal work with artists like Chic, Luther Vandross, and many other prominent acts of the late 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fonzi Thornton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18505532 — 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: Fonzi Thornton Context triple: [Le Freak, hasNotableVocalist, Fonzi Thornton]
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A.
Mark Frazier
Mark Frazier is a central protagonist in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Rooster Bar," depicted as a struggling law student entangled in a predatory for-profit law school scheme.
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B.
Scott Chestnut
Scott Chestnut is a film editor best known for his work on the World War II drama "The Great Raid."
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C.
Tony Delk
Tony Delk is a former American basketball guard best known for starring at the University of Kentucky in the mid-1990s and leading the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship before playing in the NBA.
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D.
Richie Stotts
Richie Stotts is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the shock rock band Plasmatics.
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E.
Marquis Frazier
Marquis Frazier is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Frazier.
- 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: Fonzi Thornton Target entity description: Fonzi Thornton is an American R&B and soul singer best known for his extensive session and backing vocal work with artists like Chic, Luther Vandross, and many other prominent acts of the late 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Mark Frazier
Mark Frazier is a central protagonist in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Rooster Bar," depicted as a struggling law student entangled in a predatory for-profit law school scheme.
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B.
Scott Chestnut
Scott Chestnut is a film editor best known for his work on the World War II drama "The Great Raid."
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C.
Tony Delk
Tony Delk is a former American basketball guard best known for starring at the University of Kentucky in the mid-1990s and leading the Wildcats to the 1996 NCAA championship before playing in the NBA.
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D.
Richie Stotts
Richie Stotts is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the shock rock band Plasmatics.
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E.
Marquis Frazier
Marquis Frazier is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Frazier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.