Waits
E433010
Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358794 — 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: Waits Context triple: [Tom Waits, familyName, Waits]
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A.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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B.
Willing to Wait
"Willing to Wait" is a romantic R&B ballad by Rihanna from her debut studio album, *Music of the Sun*.
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C.
Just Wait
"Just Wait" is a song by the American rock band Surfer Blood, known for their melodic indie rock sound.
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D.
WaitWhat
WaitWhat is a media company known for creating innovative, narrative-driven podcasts and digital content, including the business podcast "Masters of Scale."
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E.
Wait Park
Wait Park is a central public park in Canby, Oregon, known as a community gathering space for recreation and local events.
- 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: Waits Target entity description: Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
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A.
Wait
Wait is a given name historically used in English-speaking contexts, notably in early colonial America.
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B.
Willing to Wait
"Willing to Wait" is a romantic R&B ballad by Rihanna from her debut studio album, *Music of the Sun*.
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C.
Just Wait
"Just Wait" is a song by the American rock band Surfer Blood, known for their melodic indie rock sound.
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D.
WaitWhat
WaitWhat is a media company known for creating innovative, narrative-driven podcasts and digital content, including the business podcast "Masters of Scale."
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E.
Wait Park
Wait Park is a central public park in Canby, Oregon, known as a community gathering space for recreation and local events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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composer ⓘ family name ⓘ human ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Tom Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
eclectic style
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experimental music ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tom Waits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | gravelly voice ⓘ |
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: Waits Description of subject: Waits is the surname of American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits, known for his distinctive gravelly voice and eclectic, experimental style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.