Major Lance
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Major Lance was an American R&B and soul singer best known for his 1960s Chicago soul hits like "The Monkey Time."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major Lance canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9343913 — 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: Major Lance Context triple: [Johnny Pate, workedWith, Major Lance]
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A.
Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
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B.
Major-General
Major-General is a senior military rank typically above brigadier and below lieutenant general in many armed forces, often responsible for commanding divisions or holding high-level staff positions.
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C.
Oberst
Oberst is a surname most prominently associated with American singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for his work with the band Bright Eyes.
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D.
Grand Officer
Grand Officer is a high-ranking grade within the Order of Boyacá, one of Colombia’s most prestigious national honors awarded for distinguished service.
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E.
Major Richardson
Major Richardson is a central fictional military figure featured as the lead character in the work "The Best of Enemies."
- 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: Major Lance Target entity description: Major Lance was an American R&B and soul singer best known for his 1960s Chicago soul hits like "The Monkey Time."
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A.
Brigadier General
A Brigadier General is a one-star general officer rank in the U.S. Army, typically responsible for commanding a brigade or serving in senior staff positions.
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B.
Major-General
Major-General is a senior military rank typically above brigadier and below lieutenant general in many armed forces, often responsible for commanding divisions or holding high-level staff positions.
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C.
Oberst
Oberst is a surname most prominently associated with American singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for his work with the band Bright Eyes.
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D.
Grand Officer
Grand Officer is a high-ranking grade within the Order of Boyacá, one of Colombia’s most prestigious national honors awarded for distinguished service.
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E.
Major Richardson
Major Richardson is a central fictional military figure featured as the lead character in the work "The Best of Enemies."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 1960 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Curtis Mayfield
ⓘ
The Impressions ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Lance ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago soul
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R&B ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| givenName | Major ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
dance-oriented soul
ⓘ
uptempo R&B ⓘ |
| hasRole |
frontman
ⓘ
solo artist ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | Northern soul ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Chicago soul scene ⓘ |
| name | Major Lance ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1960s Chicago soul hits ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Come See
ⓘ
Hey Little Girl ⓘ Rhythm ⓘ The Monkey Time ⓘ Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ain’t It A Shame
ⓘ
Come See ⓘ Hey Little Girl ⓘ Rhythm ⓘ Sometimes I Wonder ⓘ The Monkey Time ⓘ Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| partOf | Chicago music scene ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Chicago ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Curtom Records
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ Okeh Records ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| vocalType | lead vocals ⓘ |
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: Major Lance Description of subject: Major Lance was an American R&B and soul singer best known for his 1960s Chicago soul hits like "The Monkey Time."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.