Raymond
E327600
Raymond is the surname of American R&B singer, songwriter, and performer Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond IV.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raymond canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3112648 — 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: Raymond Context triple: [Usher, familyName, Raymond]
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A.
Raymond
Raymond is the given first name of Teller, the silent half of the famous magician duo Penn & Teller.
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is the furry blue sea-dog mascot of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, known for his playful antics at the team’s home games.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
- 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: Raymond Target entity description: Raymond is the surname of American R&B singer, songwriter, and performer Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond IV.
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A.
Raymond
Raymond is a surname most notably associated with Eric S. Raymond, an American software developer, open-source advocate, and author of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."
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B.
Raymond
Raymond is the given first name of Teller, the silent half of the famous magician duo Penn & Teller.
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C.
Raymond
Raymond is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that has been widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
Raymond
Raymond is the middle name of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, the prominent figure behind the anti-communist "McCarthyism" movement in the 1950s.
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E.
Raymond
Raymond is the given name of Ray Tomlinson, the American computer programmer widely credited with inventing networked email and introducing the use of the "@" symbol in email addresses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Music Award
ⓘ
Billboard Music Award ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1978-10-14 ⓘ |
| familyName | Raymond ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Usher ⓘ |
| grewUpIn |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| hasPart | Raymond surname ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| languageOfUse | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "8701"
ⓘ
album "Confessions" ⓘ
linked to:
Usher album "Confessions"
album "My Way" ⓘ single "Burn" ⓘ
linked to:
"Burn"
single "U Got It Bad" ⓘ
linked to:
U Got It Bad
single "U Remind Me" ⓘ
linked to:
U Remind Me
single "Yeah!" ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
dancer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dallas, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Dallas, Texas
|
| stageName | Usher ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Usher Raymond IV
ⓘ
linked to:
Usher
|
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: Raymond Description of subject: Raymond is the surname of American R&B singer, songwriter, and performer Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond IV.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.