Ahmir Thompson
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Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, is an American drummer, producer, and bandleader of The Roots, acclaimed for his influential role in hip-hop and neo-soul music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahmir Thompson canonical | 8 |
| Ahmir Khalib Thompson | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3120644 — 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: Ahmir Thompson Context triple: [You Got Me, writer, Ahmir Thompson]
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A.
Isaiah Rogers
Isaiah Rogers was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for pioneering hotel design and contributing major public buildings in the United States.
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B.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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C.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas is an American music producer known for his work as part of the production duo The Underdogs and for his past marriage to Kim Kardashian.
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D.
Omar Miller
Omar Miller is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the HBO series "Ballers."
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E.
Muhammad Wilkerson
Muhammad Wilkerson is an American former NFL defensive end best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the New York Jets after a standout college career at Temple University.
- 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: Ahmir Thompson Target entity description: Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, is an American drummer, producer, and bandleader of The Roots, acclaimed for his influential role in hip-hop and neo-soul music.
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A.
Isaiah Rogers
Isaiah Rogers was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for pioneering hotel design and contributing major public buildings in the United States.
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B.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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C.
Damon Thomas
Damon Thomas is an American music producer known for his work as part of the production duo The Underdogs and for his past marriage to Kim Kardashian.
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D.
Omar Miller
Omar Miller is an American actor known for his roles in film and television, including a prominent part in the HBO series "Ballers."
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E.
Muhammad Wilkerson
Muhammad Wilkerson is an American former NFL defensive end best known for his Pro Bowl tenure with the New York Jets after a standout college career at Temple University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DJ
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author ⓘ bandleader ⓘ drummer ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ music historian ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | ?uestlove ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
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Grammy Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-01-20 ⓘ |
| employer |
The Tonight Show
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surface form:
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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| founded |
OkayAfrica
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Okayplayer ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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hip hop ⓘ neo soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ahmir Thompson
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
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| influentialIn |
hip hop
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neo soul ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
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percussion ⓘ turntables ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Roots ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Common
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D'Angelo ⓘ Erykah Badu ⓘ J Dilla ⓘ Jill Scott ⓘ The Roots ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Creative Quest
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Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove ⓘ Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) ⓘ bandleader of The Roots ⓘ |
| occupation |
DJ
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author ⓘ bandleader ⓘ drummer ⓘ film director ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| role | drummer and bandleader for The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ⓘ |
| stageName |
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
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surface form:
Questlove
|
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: Ahmir Thompson Description of subject: Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, is an American drummer, producer, and bandleader of The Roots, acclaimed for his influential role in hip-hop and neo-soul music.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
this entity surface form:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
subject surface form:
Questlove
this entity surface form:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson
subject surface form:
The Seed (2.0)