David Crosby
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David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Crosby canonical | 48 |
| David Van Cortlandt Crosby | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2011144 — 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: David Crosby Context triple: [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, hasMember, David Crosby]
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A.
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and influential contributions to the 1970s soft rock and folk-rock genres.
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B.
Gene Clark
Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
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C.
Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel was a Canadian singer, pianist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of The Band, contributing soulful vocals and compositions to their influential rock and roots sound.
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D.
Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter was a British lawyer and conservationist who co-founded the National Trust and played a key role in the early preservation of historic places and natural landscapes in the UK.
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E.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
- 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: David Crosby Target entity description: David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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A.
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and influential contributions to the 1970s soft rock and folk-rock genres.
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B.
Gene Clark
Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
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C.
Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel was a Canadian singer, pianist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of The Band, contributing soulful vocals and compositions to their influential rock and roots sound.
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D.
Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter was a British lawyer and conservationist who co-founded the National Trust and played a key role in the early preservation of historic places and natural landscapes in the UK.
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E.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk rock musician
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2023 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Chris Hillman
ⓘ
Gene Clark ⓘ Graham Nash ⓘ Jackson Browne ⓘ Joni Mitchell ⓘ Neil Young ⓘ Phil Collins ⓘ Roger McGuinn ⓘ Stephen Stills ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as member of Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as member of The Byrds ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from COVID-19 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-08-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-01-18 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | If I Could Only Remember My Name ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Santa Barbara City College ⓘ |
| familyName | Crosby ⓘ |
| fullName |
David Crosby
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
David Van Cortlandt Crosby
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding member of Crosby, Stills & Nash
ⓘ
founding member of The Byrds ⓘ harmonic vocal arrangements in folk rock ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1987 (to Jan Dance) ⓘ |
| memberOf |
CPR
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Crosby, Stills & Nash ⓘ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ The Byrds ⓘ |
| notableEvent | underwent liver transplant in 1994 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost Cut My Hair
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Déjà Vu (album, with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) ⓘ Eight Miles High ⓘ
surface form:
Eight Miles High (as member of The Byrds)
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
surface form:
Guinnevere
If I Could Only Remember My Name ⓘ Long Time Gone ⓘ Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ
surface form:
Mr. Tambourine Man (as member of The Byrds)
Turn! Turn! Turn! ⓘ
surface form:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (as member of The Byrds)
Wooden Ships ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Donovan Crosby
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surface form:
Django Crosby
Donovan Crosby ⓘ Erika Keller Crosby ⓘ James Raymond ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Santa Ynez, California, United States ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
advocacy for cannabis legalization
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anti-war activism during the Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| providedSpermDonorFor |
Melissa Etheridge
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surface form:
Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher
|
| releaseYear | 1971 (If I Could Only Remember My Name) ⓘ |
| religion | raised Christian Scientist ⓘ |
| residence | Santa Ynez, California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Jan Dance ⓘ |
| stepParentOf |
Bailey Cypher
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Beckett Cypher ⓘ |
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: David Crosby Description of subject: David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Song to a Seagull
this entity surface form:
David Van Cortlandt Crosby