Fontella Marie Bass
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Fontella Marie Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
All labels observed (1)
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| Fontella Marie Bass canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23272645 — 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 Marie Bass Context triple: [Fontella Bass, birthName, Fontella Marie Bass]
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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.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
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C.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
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D.
Desiree Dupree
Desiree Dupree is a three-breasted hermaphrodite performer portrayed by Angela Bassett in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story: Freak Show.
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E.
Zella Mae West
Zella Mae West was the wife of longtime White House Chief Usher J. B. West, known primarily in historical records through her marriage to him.
- 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 Marie Bass Target entity description: Fontella Marie Bass was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her 1965 hit single "Rescue Me."
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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.
Florence Ballard
Florence Ballard was an American singer best known as a founding member of the Motown group The Supremes, whose life and career inspired the character Effie White in the musical "Dreamgirls."
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C.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
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D.
Desiree Dupree
Desiree Dupree is a three-breasted hermaphrodite performer portrayed by Angela Bassett in the horror anthology television series American Horror Story: Freak Show.
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E.
Zella Mae West
Zella Mae West was the wife of longtime White House Chief Usher J. B. West, known primarily in historical records through her marriage to him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.