Cleotha Staples

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Cleotha Staples was an American gospel and R&B singer best known as a founding member and key vocal presence of the influential family group The Staple Singers.

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Label	Occurrences
Cleotha Staples canonical	6

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18097867 — 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: Cleotha Staples
Context triple: ["I'll Take You There", backingVocalist, Cleotha Staples]

A. Lela Rochon Staples
Lela Rochon Staples is an American actress best known for her role in the film "Waiting to Exhale" and her work in numerous television and movie projects during the 1990s.
B. Darlene Fields
Darlene Fields is known as the spouse of legendary American soul musician and actor Isaac Hayes.
C. Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
D. 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.
E. Aretha Cobbs
Aretha Cobbs is a character in the musical and film "Black Nativity," which reimagines the Nativity story through an African-American gospel lens.
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: Cleotha Staples
Target entity description: Cleotha Staples was an American gospel and R&B singer best known as a founding member and key vocal presence of the influential family group The Staple Singers.

A. Lela Rochon Staples
Lela Rochon Staples is an American actress best known for her role in the film "Waiting to Exhale" and her work in numerous television and movie projects during the 1990s.
B. Darlene Fields
Darlene Fields is known as the spouse of legendary American soul musician and actor Isaac Hayes.
C. Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an acclaimed American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, civil rights activist, and longtime member of the legendary family group The Staple Singers.
D. 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.
E. Aretha Cobbs
Aretha Cobbs is a character in the musical and film "Black Nativity," which reimagines the Nativity story through an African-American gospel lens.
F. None of above. chosen