Wilbur Terrell
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Wilbur Terrell is a songwriter best known for composing the soul classic "Tell Mama," popularized by Etta James.
All labels observed (1)
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| Wilbur Terrell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18097905 — 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: Wilbur Terrell Context triple: ["Tell Mama", composer, Wilbur Terrell]
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A.
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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B.
Horace L. McBride
Horace L. McBride was a United States Army major general who commanded the 80th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
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D.
William Henry Johnson
William Henry Johnson was a pioneering African American modernist painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced depictions of Black life and culture in the United States and Europe.
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E.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
- 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: Wilbur Terrell Target entity description: Wilbur Terrell is a songwriter best known for composing the soul classic "Tell Mama," popularized by Etta James.
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A.
Marcellus E. Foster
Marcellus E. Foster was an American journalist and newspaper editor best known as the founder of the Houston Chronicle.
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B.
Horace L. McBride
Horace L. McBride was a United States Army major general who commanded the 80th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II.
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C.
Robert Heberton Terrell
Robert Heberton Terrell was an African American lawyer, educator, and one of the first Black judges in Washington, D.C., known for his civil rights advocacy and public service.
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D.
William Henry Johnson
William Henry Johnson was a pioneering African American modernist painter known for his vibrant, folk-influenced depictions of Black life and culture in the United States and Europe.
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E.
Sumner W. Jackson
Sumner W. Jackson was an American physician and U.S. Army officer in Paris during World War II who became known for aiding the French Resistance and was ultimately killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Tell Mama” by Etta James
subject linked to:
“Tell Mama” by Etta James