Meshell Ndegeocello
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Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer known for her genre-blending work in neo-soul, jazz, funk, and R&B.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meshell Ndegeocello canonical | 6 |
| Me'shell Ndegeocello | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8842953 — 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: Meshell Ndegeocello Context triple: [Jason Moran, associatedAct, Meshell Ndegeocello]
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A.
Jill Scott
Jill Scott is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actress known for her soulful neo-soul music and powerful, expressive vocals.
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B.
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is an American singer, songwriter, and producer renowned as the “Queen of Neo Soul” for her influential blend of R&B, jazz, and hip-hop.
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C.
Ledisi
Ledisi is a Grammy-winning American R&B and jazz singer, songwriter, and actress known for her powerful vocals and soulful, genre-blending style.
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D.
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer renowned for her groundbreaking work with the Fugees and her influential solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
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E.
Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright was an American singer-songwriter and Motown artist known for her collaborations with Stevie Wonder and her influential contributions to soul and R&B music in the 1970s.
- 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: Meshell Ndegeocello Target entity description: Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer known for her genre-blending work in neo-soul, jazz, funk, and R&B.
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A.
Jill Scott
Jill Scott is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actress known for her soulful neo-soul music and powerful, expressive vocals.
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B.
Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is an American singer, songwriter, and producer renowned as the “Queen of Neo Soul” for her influential blend of R&B, jazz, and hip-hop.
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C.
Ledisi
Ledisi is a Grammy-winning American R&B and jazz singer, songwriter, and actress known for her powerful vocals and soulful, genre-blending style.
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D.
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer renowned for her groundbreaking work with the Fugees and her influential solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
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E.
Syreeta Wright
Syreeta Wright was an American singer-songwriter and Motown artist known for her collaborations with Stevie Wonder and her influential contributions to soul and R&B music in the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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composer ⓘ funk musician ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 1990s ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Me'Shell NdegéOcello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Chaka Khan
NERFINISHED
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Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Moran NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mellencamp NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Glasper NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Michelle Lynn Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-08-29 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Plantation Lullabies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ jazz ⓘ neo soul ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Michelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
James Brown
NERFINISHED
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Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Sly and the Family Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | neo soul ⓘ |
| name | Meshell Ndegeocello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration | Duet with John Mellencamp on "Wild Night" ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bitter
NERFINISHED
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Comet, Come to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Comfort Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Devil's Halo NERFINISHED ⓘ Peace Beyond Passion NERFINISHED ⓘ Plantation Lullabies NERFINISHED ⓘ Pour une âme souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone NERFINISHED ⓘ The Omnichord Real Book NERFINISHED ⓘ Ventriloquism NERFINISHED ⓘ Weather NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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Maverick Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercer Street Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Naïve Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | queer ⓘ |
| stageName | Meshell Ndegeocello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Meshell Ndegeocello Description of subject: Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer known for her genre-blending work in neo-soul, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jason Moran
this entity surface form:
Me'shell Ndegeocello