Tommy Bolin
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Tommy Bolin was an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in rock and jazz fusion, including a brief but influential stint with Deep Purple in the mid-1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommy Bolin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16074121 — 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: Tommy Bolin Context triple: [Deep Purple, member, Tommy Bolin]
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A.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
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B.
Ron Troupe
Ron Troupe is a principled and highly skilled journalist in DC Comics, best known as one of Metropolis’s top reporters at the Daily Planet.
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C.
Gregg Rolie
Gregg Rolie is an American keyboardist and singer best known as a founding member and original lead vocalist of both Santana and Journey.
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D.
Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek was an American keyboardist, composer, and co-founder of the rock band The Doors, known for his distinctive organ sound that defined much of the group's music.
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E.
Deryck Cooke
Deryck Cooke was a British musicologist and broadcaster best known for his performing version of Gustav Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony.
- 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: Tommy Bolin Target entity description: Tommy Bolin was an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in rock and jazz fusion, including a brief but influential stint with Deep Purple in the mid-1970s.
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A.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
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B.
Ron Troupe
Ron Troupe is a principled and highly skilled journalist in DC Comics, best known as one of Metropolis’s top reporters at the Daily Planet.
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C.
Gregg Rolie
Gregg Rolie is an American keyboardist and singer best known as a founding member and original lead vocalist of both Santana and Journey.
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D.
Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek was an American keyboardist, composer, and co-founder of the rock band The Doors, known for his distinctive organ sound that defined much of the group's music.
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E.
Deryck Cooke
Deryck Cooke was a British musicologist and broadcaster best known for his performing version of Gustav Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.