Betty Mabry
E191249
Betty Mabry, better known as Betty Davis, was an influential American funk and soul singer-songwriter and fashion icon whose bold style and sound helped shape the direction of 1970s music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Betty Mabry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1675368 — 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.
Target entity: Betty Mabry Context triple: [Miles Davis, spouse, Betty Mabry]
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Mary McAfee Atkins
Mary McAfee Atkins was a Kansas City philanthropist whose bequest helped establish the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Virginia Cunningham
Virginia Cunningham is the troubled protagonist of the novel and film "The Snake Pit," whose experiences depict the harsh realities of life inside a mid-20th-century psychiatric institution.
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Mary McBride Smith
Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
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Irma Frost
Irma Frost was one of the daughters of renowned American poet Robert Frost.
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Mary Easty
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Betty Mabry Target entity description: Betty Mabry, better known as Betty Davis, was an influential American funk and soul singer-songwriter and fashion icon whose bold style and sound helped shape the direction of 1970s music.
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A.
Mary McAfee Atkins
Mary McAfee Atkins was a Kansas City philanthropist whose bequest helped establish the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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B.
Virginia Cunningham
Virginia Cunningham is the troubled protagonist of the novel and film "The Snake Pit," whose experiences depict the harsh realities of life inside a mid-20th-century psychiatric institution.
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C.
Mary McBride Smith
Mary McBride Smith was the wife of renowned American film director John Ford.
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D.
Irma Frost
Irma Frost was one of the daughters of renowned American poet Robert Frost.
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E.
Mary Easty
Mary Easty was a respected Salem, Massachusetts woman who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later remembered for her dignified plea for justice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fashion icon
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funk musician ⓘ human ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-07-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-02-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Mabry ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
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psychedelic soul ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | Betty ⓘ |
| hasInstrument | voice ⓘ |
| influenced |
1970s funk music
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1970s soul music ⓘ Afrofuturist aesthetics in music ⓘ Erykah Badu ⓘ Janelle Monáe ⓘ Madonna ⓘ Prince ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bold stage costumes
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influencing Miles Davis’s electric period ⓘ raw funk vocal style ⓘ sexually liberated lyrics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marriageEnd | 1969 ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1968 ⓘ |
| modeledFor | Wilhelmina Models ⓘ |
| name | Betty Mabry self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Betty Davis
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Is It Love or Desire? ⓘ Nasty Gal ⓘ They Say I’m Different ⓘ |
| occupation |
recording artist
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singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Durham, North Carolina
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surface form:
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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| placeOfDeath |
Homestead, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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| raisedIn |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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| recordLabel |
Island Records
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Just Sunshine Records ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Miles Davis ⓘ |
| stageName | Betty Davis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Betty Mabry Description of subject: Betty Mabry, better known as Betty Davis, was an influential American funk and soul singer-songwriter and fashion icon whose bold style and sound helped shape the direction of 1970s music.
Referenced by (2)
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