Joan Morris
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Joan Morris is an American mezzo-soprano and cabaret singer renowned for her interpretations of early 20th-century popular songs, often in collaboration with her husband, composer and pianist William Bolcom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joan Morris canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329868 — 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: Joan Morris Context triple: [You Keep Coming Back Like a Song, hasNotableRecordingBy, Joan Morris]
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A.
Astrid Lindley
Astrid Lindley is known as the wife of late Pro Football Hall of Famer and broadcaster Frank Gifford.
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B.
Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West was an American author best known for her stories and novels about Quaker life in Indiana, including the work that inspired the film "Friendly Persuasion."
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C.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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D.
Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
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E.
Joyce Cary
Joyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist best known for his innovative narrative techniques and comic yet profound portrayals of British society in the mid-20th century.
- 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: Joan Morris Target entity description: Joan Morris is an American mezzo-soprano and cabaret singer renowned for her interpretations of early 20th-century popular songs, often in collaboration with her husband, composer and pianist William Bolcom.
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A.
Astrid Lindley
Astrid Lindley is known as the wife of late Pro Football Hall of Famer and broadcaster Frank Gifford.
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B.
Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West was an American author best known for her stories and novels about Quaker life in Indiana, including the work that inspired the film "Friendly Persuasion."
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C.
Joan W. Harris
Joan W. Harris was a Chicago-based philanthropist and arts patron known for her leadership and major contributions to cultural and educational institutions.
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D.
Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was an American crime and noir novelist and critic, best known for her psychologically complex suspense fiction that was frequently adapted for film.
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E.
Joyce Cary
Joyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist best known for his innovative narrative techniques and comic yet profound portrayals of British society in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cabaret singer
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human ⓘ mezzo-soprano ⓘ |
| associatedWith | William Bolcom ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | William Bolcom ⓘ |
| education | University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
performance of historical American popular music
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revival of early 20th-century popular song ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
American popular song
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art song ⓘ cabaret ⓘ |
| hasRecorded |
American parlor songs
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Tin Pan Alley songs ⓘ World War I era songs ⓘ World War II era songs ⓘ ragtime songs ⓘ songs by Cole Porter ⓘ songs by Eubie Blake ⓘ songs by George Gershwin ⓘ songs by Irving Berlin ⓘ songs by Jerome Kern ⓘ songs by Kurt Weill ⓘ the album "After the Ball" ⓘ the album "Lime Jello, Marshmallow, Cottage Cheese Surprise" ⓘ the album "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" (as soloist in Bolcom’s work) ⓘ the album "Vaudeville Songs" ⓘ the album "Who Shall Rule This American Nation?" ⓘ vaudeville songs ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| marriedTo | William Bolcom ⓘ |
| name | Joan Morris ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | interpretations of early 20th-century popular songs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
concert programs of American popular song
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recordings of early American popular songs with William Bolcom ⓘ |
| occupation |
cabaret singer
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mezzo-soprano ⓘ singer ⓘ voice teacher ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Albany Records
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Nonesuch Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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linked to:
Ann Arbor
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| spouse | William Bolcom ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
cabaret performance
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voice ⓘ |
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: Joan Morris Description of subject: Joan Morris is an American mezzo-soprano and cabaret singer renowned for her interpretations of early 20th-century popular songs, often in collaboration with her husband, composer and pianist William Bolcom.
Referenced by (5)
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