Joanna Newsom
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Joanna Newsom is an American singer-songwriter and harpist known for her intricate compositions, poetic lyrics, and distinctive vocal style.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12547 — 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: Joanna Newsom Context triple: [Gavin Newsom, relative, Joanna Newsom]
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A.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys is a Grammy-winning American singer, songwriter, and pianist known for soulful R&B hits like "Fallin'" and "No One."
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B.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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C.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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D.
Lynn
Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Benny Beaver
Benny Beaver is the costumed beaver mascot representing Oregon State University at its athletic events and school functions.
- 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: Joanna Newsom Target entity description: Joanna Newsom is an American singer-songwriter and harpist known for her intricate compositions, poetic lyrics, and distinctive vocal style.
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A.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys is a Grammy-winning American singer, songwriter, and pianist known for soulful R&B hits like "Fallin'" and "No One."
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B.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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C.
Maxine Singer
Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
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D.
Lynn
Lynn is a coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the larger urban centers in the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
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E.
Benny Beaver
Benny Beaver is the costumed beaver mascot representing Oregon State University at its athletic events and school functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
harpist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | early 2000s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bill Callahan
ⓘ
Smog ⓘ The Pleased ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Steve Albini
ⓘ
Van Dyke Parks ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1982-01-18 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | The Milk-Eyed Mender ⓘ |
| familyName | Newsom ⓘ |
| genre |
baroque pop
ⓘ
freak folk ⓘ indie folk ⓘ |
| givenName | Joanna ⓘ |
| hasDiscographyItem |
Joanna Newsom
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
EP: Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band
EP: Walnut Whales ⓘ EP: Yarn and Glue ⓘ |
| instrument |
harp
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harpsichord ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive vocal style
ⓘ
intricate harp-based compositions ⓘ poetic lyrics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| marriageDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| name | Joanna Newsom self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Divers
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Have One on Me ⓘ The Milk-Eyed Mender ⓘ Ys ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
harpist ⓘ musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| performedWithOrchestra | London Symphony Orchestra on Ys ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nevada City, California, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Drag City ⓘ |
| releaseDate |
Divers, 2015
ⓘ
Have One on Me, 2010 ⓘ The Milk-Eyed Mender ⓘ
surface form:
The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004
Ys, 2006 ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| spouse | Andy Samberg ⓘ |
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: Joanna Newsom Description of subject: Joanna Newsom is an American singer-songwriter and harpist known for her intricate compositions, poetic lyrics, and distinctive vocal style.
Referenced by (215)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Joanna Newsom discography
this entity surface form:
Joanna Newsom (photography, often associated with Drag City artwork)