Cheryl Lynn
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Cheryl Lynn is an American R&B and disco singer best known for her 1978 hit single "Got to Be Real."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheryl Lynn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6278540 — 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: Cheryl Lynn Context triple: [Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, associatedAct, Cheryl Lynn]
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A.
Nell Carter
Nell Carter was an American singer and Tony- and Emmy-winning actress best known for her starring role on the 1980s television sitcom "Gimme a Break!".
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B.
Teena Marie
Teena Marie was an American singer-songwriter and producer known for her soulful R&B, funk, and soul music, as well as her powerful vocals and influential work in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Cherrelle
Cherrelle is an American R&B singer best known for her 1980s hits and collaborations with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
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D.
Kimberly Williams
Kimberly Williams is an American actress best known for her breakout role as the bride-to-be in the comedy film "Father of the Bride" (1991) and its sequel.
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E.
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American disco and soul singer best known for her iconic 1978 hit "I Will Survive," a defining anthem of resilience and empowerment.
- 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: Cheryl Lynn Target entity description: Cheryl Lynn is an American R&B and disco singer best known for her 1978 hit single "Got to Be Real."
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A.
Nell Carter
Nell Carter was an American singer and Tony- and Emmy-winning actress best known for her starring role on the 1980s television sitcom "Gimme a Break!".
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B.
Teena Marie
Teena Marie was an American singer-songwriter and producer known for her soulful R&B, funk, and soul music, as well as her powerful vocals and influential work in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Cherrelle
Cherrelle is an American R&B singer best known for her 1980s hits and collaborations with producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
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D.
Kimberly Williams
Kimberly Williams is an American actress best known for her breakout role as the bride-to-be in the comedy film "Father of the Bride" (1991) and its sequel.
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E.
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American disco and soul singer best known for her iconic 1978 hit "I Will Survive," a defining anthem of resilience and empowerment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Luther Vandross
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-03-11 ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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R&B ⓘ R&B ⓘ disco ⓘ disco ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasGenre | post-disco ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Encore
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Got to Be Real NERFINISHED ⓘ Got to Be Real (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ In Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Instant Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Preppie NERFINISHED ⓘ Shake It Up Tonight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
recording artist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performer |
Cheryl Lynn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Cheryl Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1978
ⓘ
1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| vocalType | contralto ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Cheryl Lynn Description of subject: Cheryl Lynn is an American R&B and disco singer best known for her 1978 hit single "Got to Be Real."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.