Clarence Paul
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Clarence Paul was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records, particularly with artists like Stevie Wonder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clarence Paul canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3087319 — 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: Clarence Paul Context triple: [Fingertips, composer, Clarence Paul]
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A.
Clarence Rowland
Clarence Rowland was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.
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B.
Clarence Johnson
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aeronautical engineer best known for leading Lockheed's Skunk Works and creating advanced aircraft such as the SR-71 Blackbird and F-104 Starfighter.
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C.
Clarence Armstrong
Clarence Armstrong was the adopted son of Daisy Parker, who was Louis Armstrong’s first wife.
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D.
Clarence Brandenburg
Clarence Brandenburg was an Ohio Ku Klux Klan leader whose criminal conviction for advocating violence led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio, which redefined the limits of free speech under the First Amendment.
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E.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
- 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: Clarence Paul Target entity description: Clarence Paul was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records, particularly with artists like Stevie Wonder.
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A.
Clarence Rowland
Clarence Rowland was an American Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Chicago White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.
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B.
Clarence Johnson
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was a pioneering American aeronautical engineer best known for leading Lockheed's Skunk Works and creating advanced aircraft such as the SR-71 Blackbird and F-104 Starfighter.
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C.
Clarence Armstrong
Clarence Armstrong was the adopted son of Daisy Parker, who was Louis Armstrong’s first wife.
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D.
Clarence Brandenburg
Clarence Brandenburg was an Ohio Ku Klux Klan leader whose criminal conviction for advocating violence led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio, which redefined the limits of free speech under the First Amendment.
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E.
Clarence Rivers
Clarence Rivers was an influential American Catholic priest, composer, and liturgist known for pioneering the integration of African-American musical traditions into Catholic worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Motown artist
ⓘ
human ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Motown
ⓘ
surface form:
Motown sound
|
| basedIn | Detroit ⓘ |
| birthName | Clarence Otto Pauling ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Berry Gordy
ⓘ
The Funk Brothers ⓘ
surface form:
Motown session musicians
Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of Stevie Wonder's early musical style ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Motown
ⓘ
surface form:
Motown Records
|
| fieldOfWork |
music production
ⓘ
songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
pop music
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Clarence Paul self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential work at Motown Records
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mentoring Stevie Wonder in his early career ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-writing and producing early Stevie Wonder recordings
ⓘ
work with Stevie Wonder ⓘ |
| occupation |
record producer
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holland–Dozier–Holland
ⓘ
surface form:
Motown Records songwriting and production team
|
| recordLabel | Motown ⓘ |
| wroteFor |
Stevie Wonder
ⓘ
other Motown artists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clarence Paul Description of subject: Clarence Paul was an American songwriter and record producer best known for his influential work at Motown Records, particularly with artists like Stevie Wonder.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.