Robert "Sput" Searight
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Robert "Sput" Searight is a Grammy-winning American drummer, composer, and producer best known for his work with the jazz-fusion collective Snarky Puppy and his influential contributions to modern funk and gospel music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert "Sput" Searight canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3905326 — 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: Robert "Sput" Searight Context triple: [Snarky Puppy, hasMember, Robert "Sput" Searight]
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A.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar was an American Major League Baseball catcher, best known for his long tenure with the Chicago White Sox, multiple All-Star selections, and strong defensive play in the 1950s.
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C.
Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey defenseman best known for his long, successful career with the Montreal Canadiens and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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D.
Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson is an American academic and administrator best known for serving as president of Florida A&M University.
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E.
Dennis Awtrey
Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
- 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: Robert "Sput" Searight Target entity description: Robert "Sput" Searight is a Grammy-winning American drummer, composer, and producer best known for his work with the jazz-fusion collective Snarky Puppy and his influential contributions to modern funk and gospel music.
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A.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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B.
Sherm Lollar
Sherm Lollar was an American Major League Baseball catcher, best known for his long tenure with the Chicago White Sox, multiple All-Star selections, and strong defensive play in the 1950s.
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C.
Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson is a Hall of Fame Canadian ice hockey defenseman best known for his long, successful career with the Montreal Canadiens and multiple Stanley Cup championships.
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D.
Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson is an American academic and administrator best known for serving as president of Florida A&M University.
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E.
Dennis Awtrey
Dennis Awtrey is a former American professional basketball center known for his defensive play and role as a key contributor on several NBA teams during the 1970s and early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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drummer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activity |
producing and arranging music
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recording as a session musician ⓘ touring internationally with Snarky Puppy ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Erykah Badu
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Ghost-Note ⓘ Justin Timberlake ⓘ Kirk Franklin ⓘ Marcus Miller ⓘ Roy Hargrove ⓘ Snarky Puppy NERFINISHED ⓘ Snoop Dogg ⓘ Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles ⓘ
surface form:
The Funk Apostles
Toto ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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funk ⓘ gospel music ⓘ jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Sput ⓘ |
| hasRole | musical director in various projects ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum kit
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keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
gospel drumming
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modern funk drumming ⓘ studio session work ⓘ work with Snarky Puppy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ghost-Note
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Snarky Puppy NERFINISHED ⓘ Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles ⓘ
surface form:
The Funk Apostles
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| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
recognized as an influential gospel drummer
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recognized as an influential modern funk drummer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-leading Ghost-Note recordings
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drumming on modern gospel and R&B records ⓘ performances on Snarky Puppy live albums ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ drummer ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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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: Robert "Sput" Searight Description of subject: Robert "Sput" Searight is a Grammy-winning American drummer, composer, and producer best known for his work with the jazz-fusion collective Snarky Puppy and his influential contributions to modern funk and gospel music.
Referenced by (3)
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