Wilbur James Cobb
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Wilbur James Cobb, better known as Jimmy Cobb, was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Miles Davis, including on the landmark album "Kind of Blue."
All labels observed (1)
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| Wilbur James Cobb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12234923 — 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: Wilbur James Cobb Context triple: [Jimmy Cobb, birthName, Wilbur James Cobb]
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A.
John R. Lynch
John R. Lynch was a prominent African American politician, Reconstruction-era congressman from Mississippi, and later a historian and author who documented the politics of his time.
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B.
William W. Bibb
William W. Bibb was an American physician and politician who became the first governor of the state of Alabama after previously serving as a U.S. congressman and senator from Georgia.
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C.
Edmund J. Davis
Edmund J. Davis was a controversial Reconstruction-era Republican who served as governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874 and played a key role in reshaping the state's post–Civil War government.
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D.
Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
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E.
Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
- 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: Wilbur James Cobb Target entity description: Wilbur James Cobb, better known as Jimmy Cobb, was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Miles Davis, including on the landmark album "Kind of Blue."
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A.
John R. Lynch
John R. Lynch was a prominent African American politician, Reconstruction-era congressman from Mississippi, and later a historian and author who documented the politics of his time.
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B.
William W. Bibb
William W. Bibb was an American physician and politician who became the first governor of the state of Alabama after previously serving as a U.S. congressman and senator from Georgia.
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C.
Edmund J. Davis
Edmund J. Davis was a controversial Reconstruction-era Republican who served as governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874 and played a key role in reshaping the state's post–Civil War government.
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D.
Augustus W. Robins
Augustus W. Robins was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer whose legacy is commemorated in the naming of the city of Warner Robins, Georgia.
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E.
Robert Toombs
Robert Toombs was an American politician from Georgia who became a prominent leader of the Confederacy, serving as its first Secretary of State and later as a Confederate general during the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American jazz musician
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human ⓘ jazz drummer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Cannonball Adderley Quintet
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wynton Kelly Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Art Pepper
NERFINISHED
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Bill Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Cannonball Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinah Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ John Coltrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat Adderley NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Wynton Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ modal jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Wilbur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Miles Davis Quintet
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis Sextet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Wilbur James Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbumAsLeader |
Cobb's Corner
NERFINISHED
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Only for the Pure of Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ So Nobody Else Can Hear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Kind of Blue
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sketches of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Someday My Prince Will Come NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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drummer ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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Fantasy Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Milestone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Riverside Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Jimmy Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
subtle swing feel
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supportive, understated accompaniment ⓘ tasteful cymbal work ⓘ |
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: Wilbur James Cobb Description of subject: Wilbur James Cobb, better known as Jimmy Cobb, was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with Miles Davis, including on the landmark album "Kind of Blue."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.