Thelma Houston
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Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress best known for her powerful vocals and her Grammy-winning 1977 disco hit "Don't Leave Me This Way."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thelma Houston canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13542702 — 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: Thelma Houston Context triple: [I Think It’s Going to Rain Today, hasCoverVersionBy, Thelma Houston]
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A.
Thelma Evans
Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
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B.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
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C.
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
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D.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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E.
Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest was a prominent American jazz and swing singer of the big band era, known for her work with leading orchestras and her smooth, emotive vocal style.
- 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: Thelma Houston Target entity description: Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress best known for her powerful vocals and her Grammy-winning 1977 disco hit "Don't Leave Me This Way."
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A.
Thelma Evans
Thelma Evans is a central character on the 1970s sitcom "Good Times," known as the smart, independent, and strong-willed daughter of the Evans family.
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B.
Erma Franklin
Erma Franklin was an American soul and R&B singer best known for her powerful vocals and for being the older sister of Aretha Franklin.
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C.
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas is an acclaimed American soul and R&B singer, often called the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," known for her powerful vocals and influential recordings since the 1960s.
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D.
Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston is an American soul and gospel singer, renowned both for her own recording and backup vocal career and as the matriarch of the Houston musical family.
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E.
Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest was a prominent American jazz and swing singer of the big band era, known for her work with leading orchestras and her smooth, emotive vocal style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.