Marie Ellington
E1037413
Marie Ellington, better known as Maria Cole, was an American jazz singer and the second wife of legendary musician Nat King Cole.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marie Ellington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11807830 — 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: Marie Ellington Context triple: [Maria Cole, alsoKnownAs, Marie Ellington]
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A.
Marie Allison
Marie Allison was the wife of legendary American jazz drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich.
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B.
Marion Marshall
Marion Marshall was an American film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood movies from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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C.
Marie Drinkard
Marie Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, known for its deep roots in American gospel music and its connection to prominent singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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D.
Marie Tillman
Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
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E.
Marie McDonald
Marie McDonald was an American singer and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s, nicknamed "The Body" for her glamorous pin-up image.
- 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: Marie Ellington Target entity description: Marie Ellington, better known as Maria Cole, was an American jazz singer and the second wife of legendary musician Nat King Cole.
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A.
Marie Allison
Marie Allison was the wife of legendary American jazz drummer and bandleader Buddy Rich.
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B.
Marion Marshall
Marion Marshall was an American film actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood movies from the 1940s through the 1960s.
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C.
Marie Drinkard
Marie Drinkard is a member of the Drinkard family, known for its deep roots in American gospel music and its connection to prominent singers like Cissy Houston and Whitney Houston.
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D.
Marie Tillman
Marie Tillman is an American philanthropist and founder of the Pat Tillman Foundation, established to honor the legacy of her late husband, NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, by supporting military veterans and their families through educational scholarships.
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E.
Marie McDonald
Marie McDonald was an American singer and film actress of the 1940s and 1950s, nicknamed "The Body" for her glamorous pin-up image.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American singer
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz singer ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maria Cole
ⓘ
Marie Cole ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stomach cancer ⓘ |
| child |
Carole Cole
ⓘ
Casey Cole ⓘ Natalie Cole ⓘ Timolin Cole ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-07-10 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ |
| name | Marie Ellington ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the second wife of Nat King Cole
ⓘ
performing as a jazz vocalist ⓘ |
| occupation | singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Boca Raton
ⓘ
linked to:
City of Boca Raton, Florida
Florida ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| relative | Natalie Cole ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| spouse | Nat King Cole ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Count Basie
ⓘ
Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ |
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: Marie Ellington Description of subject: Marie Ellington, better known as Maria Cole, was an American jazz singer and the second wife of legendary musician Nat King Cole.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.