Bones Hillman
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Bones Hillman was a New Zealand bassist and singer best known for his long tenure with the Australian rock band Midnight Oil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bones Hillman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5071382 — 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: Bones Hillman Context triple: [The Swingers, hasMember, Bones Hillman]
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A.
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Robin Gibson
Robin Gibson was a prominent Australian architect best known for his influential modernist designs in Brisbane and across Queensland.
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C.
Barley Lightfoot
Barley Lightfoot is a boisterous, fantasy-obsessed teenage elf and one of the two central brothers in Pixar's animated film "Onward."
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D.
John Hooker
John Hooker was a 19th-century American lawyer and abolitionist closely associated with the prominent Beecher family through his marriage to women's rights advocate Isabella Beecher Hooker.
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E.
George Birge
George Birge is an American country music singer-songwriter known for his work as both a solo artist and collaborator in the contemporary country scene.
- 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: Bones Hillman Target entity description: Bones Hillman was a New Zealand bassist and singer best known for his long tenure with the Australian rock band Midnight Oil.
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A.
Hugh Williamson
Hugh Williamson was an American Founding Father, physician, and statesman who represented North Carolina at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution.
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B.
Robin Gibson
Robin Gibson was a prominent Australian architect best known for his influential modernist designs in Brisbane and across Queensland.
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C.
Barley Lightfoot
Barley Lightfoot is a boisterous, fantasy-obsessed teenage elf and one of the two central brothers in Pixar's animated film "Onward."
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D.
John Hooker
John Hooker was a 19th-century American lawyer and abolitionist closely associated with the prominent Beecher family through his marriage to women's rights advocate Isabella Beecher Hooker.
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E.
George Birge
George Birge is an American country music singer-songwriter known for his work as both a solo artist and collaborator in the contemporary country scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Anika Moa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Dobbyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Midnight Oil NERFINISHED ⓘ Suburban Reptiles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Masochists NERFINISHED ⓘ The Neon Hearts NERFINISHED ⓘ The Swingers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Wayne Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-05-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-11-07 ⓘ |
| endTime | 2020 (member of Midnight Oil) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | New Zealander of European descent ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
pub rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Midnight Oil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Suburban Reptiles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Masochists NERFINISHED ⓘ The Swingers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participated in Midnight Oil’s 1990 Exxon protest concert on a flatbed truck in New York ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blue Sky Mining (album) – as bassist of Midnight Oil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diesel and Dust (album) – as bassist of Midnight Oil NERFINISHED ⓘ Earth and Sun and Moon (album) – as bassist of Midnight Oil NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sails in the Sunset tour performances with Midnight Oil ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Auckland, New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInBand | bass guitarist of Midnight Oil ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records (via Midnight Oil)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Records (via Midnight Oil) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Rikki Morris (brother-in-law via marriage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Denise DeMarchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Bones Hillman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1987 (joined Midnight Oil) ⓘ |
| tourParticipation | Midnight Oil 2017–2019 Great Circle world tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalRole | backing vocalist of Midnight Oil ⓘ |
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