Coleman
E233481
Coleman is a given name most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, a pioneering figure in the development of the tenor saxophone in jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coleman canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2097079 — 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: Coleman Context triple: [Coleman Hawkins, givenName, Coleman]
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A.
Coleman
Coleman is a well-known outdoor recreation brand recognized for its camping gear, including tents, coolers, lanterns, and portable stoves.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Lyman
Lyman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including the American clergyman and reformer Lyman Beecher.
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D.
Kelty
Kelty is a former coal-mining village in Fife, Scotland, situated near Lochgelly and close to the M90 motorway.
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E.
Hobuck
Hobuck is the original settlement name that preceded the modern city of Hoboken, New Jersey.
- 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: Coleman Target entity description: Coleman is a given name most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, a pioneering figure in the development of the tenor saxophone in jazz.
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A.
Coleman
Coleman is a well-known outdoor recreation brand recognized for its camping gear, including tents, coolers, lanterns, and portable stoves.
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B.
McCauley
McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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C.
Lyman
Lyman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable figures, including the American clergyman and reformer Lyman Beecher.
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D.
Kelty
Kelty is a former coal-mining village in Fife, Scotland, situated near Lochgelly and close to the M90 motorway.
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E.
Hobuck
Hobuck is the original settlement name that preceded the modern city of Hoboken, New Jersey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American jazz saxophonist
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English-language given name ⓘ given name ⓘ human ⓘ masculine given name ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bean
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Hawk ⓘ |
| associatedWith | jazz ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
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surface form:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
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| collaboratedWith |
Benny Goodman
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Duke Ellington ⓘ Fletcher Henderson ⓘ Roy Eldridge ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-11-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1969-05-19 ⓘ |
| genre |
bebop
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jazz ⓘ swing music ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Coleman Hawkins ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ben Webster
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Dexter Gordon ⓘ John Coltrane ⓘ Lester Young ⓘ Sonny Rollins ⓘ |
| instrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| knownFor | pioneering use of tenor saxophone in jazz ⓘ |
| movement | development of tenor saxophone as a lead jazz instrument ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Body and Soul
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surface form:
Body and Soul (1939 recording)
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| occupation | jazz musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
St. Joseph, Missouri
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surface form:
Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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RCA Victor ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| style | improvisation-focused tenor saxophone playing ⓘ |
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: Coleman Description of subject: Coleman is a given name most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, a pioneering figure in the development of the tenor saxophone in jazz.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
James S. Coleman