Tell Mama
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"Tell Mama" is a 1967 soul and R&B song by Etta James, celebrated for its powerful vocals and status as one of her signature hits.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell Mama canonical | 11 |
| "Tell Mama" (album) | 1 |
| Tell Mama (album) | 1 |
| “Tell Mama” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2307047 — 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: Tell Mama Context triple: [Etta James, notableWork, Tell Mama]
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A.
Dear Mama
"Dear Mama" is a heartfelt 1995 hip-hop song by Tupac Shakur that pays tribute to his mother and is widely regarded as one of his most iconic and emotional works.
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B.
Mama
"Mama" is a 1987 debut novel by Terry McMillan that follows a resilient Black single mother struggling to raise her children and rebuild her life amid poverty and personal turmoil.
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C.
Mama
Mama is a key supporting character in the video game "Death Stranding," a brilliant yet tragic scientist who aids protagonist Sam Porter Bridges with her expertise in chiral technology.
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D.
Mama Tried
"Mama Tried" is a classic 1968 country song by Merle Haggard that reflects on regret and personal responsibility from the perspective of an imprisoned man.
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E.
Mama Said
"Mama Said" is a 1991 rock album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that blends classic rock, soul, and funk influences and includes the hit single "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over."
- 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: Tell Mama Target entity description: "Tell Mama" is a 1967 soul and R&B song by Etta James, celebrated for its powerful vocals and status as one of her signature hits.
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A.
Dear Mama
"Dear Mama" is a heartfelt 1995 hip-hop song by Tupac Shakur that pays tribute to his mother and is widely regarded as one of his most iconic and emotional works.
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B.
Mama
"Mama" is a 1987 debut novel by Terry McMillan that follows a resilient Black single mother struggling to raise her children and rebuild her life amid poverty and personal turmoil.
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C.
Mama
Mama is a key supporting character in the video game "Death Stranding," a brilliant yet tragic scientist who aids protagonist Sam Porter Bridges with her expertise in chiral technology.
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D.
Mama Tried
"Mama Tried" is a classic 1968 country song by Merle Haggard that reflects on regret and personal responsibility from the perspective of an imprisoned man.
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E.
Mama Said
"Mama Said" is a 1991 rock album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that blends classic rock, soul, and funk influences and includes the hit single "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Etta James ⓘ |
| bSide | I’d Rather Go Blind ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard Hot 100 hit
ⓘ
Billboard R&B chart hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation | one of Etta James’s signature hits ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy | Janis Joplin ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
emotional support
ⓘ
romantic troubles ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
Southern soul sound
ⓘ
horn-driven arrangement ⓘ powerful lead vocals ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic soul song ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Etta James ⓘ |
| isTitleTrackOf |
Tell Mama (album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tell Mama
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| performer | Etta James ⓘ |
| producer | Rick Hall ⓘ |
| recordedAt | FAME Studios ⓘ |
| recordedIn | Muscle Shoals, Alabama ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Cadet Records
ⓘ
Chess Records ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
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: Tell Mama Description of subject: "Tell Mama" is a 1967 soul and R&B song by Etta James, celebrated for its powerful vocals and status as one of her signature hits.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Jamesetta
subject linked to:
Jamesetta
linked to: Tell Mama
subject linked to:
I’d Rather Go Blind
subject linked to:
I’d Rather Go Blind
subject linked to:
Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals
subject linked to:
“Tell Mama” by Etta James
linked to: Tell Mama
linked to: Tell Mama