Gertrude Pridgett
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Gertrude Pridgett, better known as Ma Rainey, was a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer often hailed as the "Mother of the Blues."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gertrude Pridgett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9132016 — 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: Gertrude Pridgett Context triple: [Ma Rainey, birthName, Gertrude Pridgett]
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A.
Gertrude Warren
Gertrude Warren was the wife of American actor and musician Preston Foster.
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B.
Gertrude Mallon
Gertrude Mallon was the wife of prominent Northern Irish nationalist politician and former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon.
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C.
Gertrude Elles
Gertrude Elles was a pioneering British geologist and paleontologist known for her influential work on graptolites and contributions to stratigraphy.
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D.
Beulah Edmondson
Beulah Edmondson was the wife of influential Tammany Hall political boss Richard Croker.
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- 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: Gertrude Pridgett Target entity description: Gertrude Pridgett, better known as Ma Rainey, was a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer often hailed as the "Mother of the Blues."
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A.
Gertrude Warren
Gertrude Warren was the wife of American actor and musician Preston Foster.
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B.
Gertrude Mallon
Gertrude Mallon was the wife of prominent Northern Irish nationalist politician and former Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon.
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C.
Gertrude Elles
Gertrude Elles was a pioneering British geologist and paleontologist known for her influential work on graptolites and contributions to stratigraphy.
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D.
Beulah Edmondson
Beulah Edmondson was the wife of influential Tammany Hall political boss Richard Croker.
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E.
Maud Humphrey
Maud Humphrey was an American illustrator and commercial artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for her popular depictions of children and as the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American singer
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blues singer ⓘ human ⓘ stage performer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1935 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ma Rainey
ⓘ
Madame Rainey ⓘ
linked to:
Ma Rainey
|
| associatedAct |
Rabbit’s Foot Minstrels
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbit Foot Minstrels
|
| birthDate | 1886-04-26 ⓘ |
| birthName | Gertrude Pridgett ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Columbus, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Georgia
|
| burialPlace |
Columbus, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Georgia
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1939-12-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Pridgett ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
blues performance
ⓘ
music ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
classic female blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Gertrude ⓘ |
| hasCulturalDepiction |
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020 film)
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linked to:
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (play) ⓘ
linked to:
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
|
| hasInfluenceOn | development of classic blues style ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Mother of the Blues ⓘ |
| influenced | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | blues ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1904 ⓘ |
| nickname | Mother of the Blues ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being called the Mother of the Blues
ⓘ
pioneering early 20th-century blues singing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bo-Weevil Blues
ⓘ
linked to:
Bo-Weavil Blues
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ⓘ
linked to:
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
See See Rider Blues ⓘ |
| numberOfRecordings | over 90 ⓘ |
| occupation |
blues singer
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| partOf | early 20th-century American blues movement ⓘ |
| performanceMedium |
tent shows
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vaudeville ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Paramount Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
Columbus, Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Columbus, Georgia
|
| spouse | Will Rainey ⓘ |
| stageName | Ma Rainey ⓘ |
| vocalType | contralto ⓘ |
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Subject: Gertrude Pridgett Description of subject: Gertrude Pridgett, better known as Ma Rainey, was a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer often hailed as the "Mother of the Blues."
Referenced by (2)
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