Samuel Cook
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Samuel Cook, better known as Sam Cooke, was a pioneering American soul singer, songwriter, and civil rights advocate often called the "King of Soul."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Cook canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4791046 — 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: Samuel Cook Context triple: [Sam Cooke, fullName, Samuel Cook]
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A.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
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B.
Solomon Breedlove
Solomon Breedlove was the brother of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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C.
Samuel Reynolds
Samuel Reynolds was the founder of St Edward's School in Oxford, an English educational institution established in the 19th century.
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D.
Samuel Black
Samuel Black is the father of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
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E.
Whitfield Cook
Whitfield Cook was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, including work on the film "Strangers on a Train."
- 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: Samuel Cook Target entity description: Samuel Cook, better known as Sam Cooke, was a pioneering American soul singer, songwriter, and civil rights advocate often called the "King of Soul."
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A.
Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson was an American high jumper who won the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting an Olympic record and challenging Nazi racial ideology.
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B.
Solomon Breedlove
Solomon Breedlove was the brother of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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C.
Samuel Reynolds
Samuel Reynolds was the founder of St Edward's School in Oxford, an English educational institution established in the 19th century.
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D.
Samuel Black
Samuel Black is the father of American stand-up comedian and social critic Lewis Black.
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E.
Whitfield Cook
Whitfield Cook was an American writer and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, including work on the film "Strangers on a Train."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| birthName | Samuel Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| child |
Linda Cooke
NERFINISHED
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Tracey Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-01-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1964-12-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| founded | SAR Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
gospel music
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rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced |
Al Green
NERFINISHED
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Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Marvin Gaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Redding NERFINISHED ⓘ Rod Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Soul Stirrers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | King of Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
one of the first African American artists to own a record label and publishing company
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pioneered soul music by blending gospel and pop ⓘ was an important figure in the American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Change Is Gonna Come
NERFINISHED
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Bring It On Home to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Chain Gang NERFINISHED ⓘ Cupid NERFINISHED ⓘ Twistin' the Night Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Wonderful World NERFINISHED ⓘ You Send Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Keen Records
NERFINISHED
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RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Barbara Campbell Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Samuel Cook Description of subject: Samuel Cook, better known as Sam Cooke, was a pioneering American soul singer, songwriter, and civil rights advocate often called the "King of Soul."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.