The Black Family
E185818
The Black Family is an Irish folk music group known for its rich vocal harmonies and traditional repertoire, featuring members of the Black family including singer Mary Black.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Black Family canonical | 7 |
| The Black Family (album) | 1 |
| The Black Family discography | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1650923 — 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: The Black Family Context triple: [Mary Black, associatedAct, The Black Family]
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A.
Mama’s Family
Mama’s Family is an American sitcom spun off from a popular sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, centered on the loud, sharp-tongued matriarch Thelma “Mama” Harper and her dysfunctional Southern family.
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B.
His Family
"His Family" is a 1917 novel by Ernest Poole that portrays the struggles and changes within a New York City family in the early 20th century.
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C.
Bright family
The Bright family is a prominent benefactor family associated with Harvard University, recognized for their significant philanthropic contributions that led to the naming of the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
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D.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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E.
What Makes a Family
"What Makes a Family" is a 2001 television drama film that explores the legal and emotional struggles of a lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child.
- 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: The Black Family Target entity description: The Black Family is an Irish folk music group known for its rich vocal harmonies and traditional repertoire, featuring members of the Black family including singer Mary Black.
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A.
Mama’s Family
Mama’s Family is an American sitcom spun off from a popular sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, centered on the loud, sharp-tongued matriarch Thelma “Mama” Harper and her dysfunctional Southern family.
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B.
His Family
"His Family" is a 1917 novel by Ernest Poole that portrays the struggles and changes within a New York City family in the early 20th century.
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C.
Bright family
The Bright family is a prominent benefactor family associated with Harvard University, recognized for their significant philanthropic contributions that led to the naming of the Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
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D.
The Merry Family
The Merry Family is a 17th-century Dutch genre painting by Jan Steen depicting a boisterous household scene as a humorous moral lesson about excess and misbehavior.
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E.
What Makes a Family
"What Makes a Family" is a 2001 television drama film that explores the legal and emotional struggles of a lesbian couple fighting for custody of their child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Irish folk music group ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Frances Black
ⓘ
Mary Black ⓘ |
| basedIn | Dublin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| familyName | Black ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish folk music
ⓘ
traditional Irish music ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Frances Black
ⓘ
Martin Black ⓘ Mary Black ⓘ Michael Black ⓘ Shay Black ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Frances Black
ⓘ
Mary Black ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
Our Time Together
ⓘ
The Black Family (album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Black Family
Time for Touching Home ⓘ |
| hasSiblingMembers |
Frances Black
ⓘ
Martin Black ⓘ Mary Black ⓘ Michael Black ⓘ Shay Black ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Irish traditional songs
ⓘ
contemporary folk songs ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rich vocal harmonies
ⓘ
traditional Irish repertoire ⓘ |
| performingArtsDiscipline | vocal ensemble ⓘ |
| typicalInstrumentation |
bodhrán
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ traditional Irish instruments ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | close harmony singing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Black Family Description of subject: The Black Family is an Irish folk music group known for its rich vocal harmonies and traditional repertoire, featuring members of the Black family including singer Mary Black.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Black Family
linked to: The Black Family