Ginger Baker
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Ginger Baker was a pioneering English drummer best known for co-founding the rock band Cream and for his influential fusion of jazz, rock, and African rhythms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ginger Baker canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6379276 — 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: Ginger Baker Context triple: [Jack Bruce, associatedAct, Ginger Baker]
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A.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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B.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham is a Panamanian-American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work in both solo projects and collaborations with leading fusion artists.
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C.
Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood is a British drummer and co-founder of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, renowned for his distinctive playing style and role in the group's enduring success.
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D.
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist best known for his innovative work in progressive rock with bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and his own group Bruford.
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E.
John Bonham
John Bonham was the influential English drummer of Led Zeppelin, renowned for his powerful, innovative playing and lasting impact on rock music.
- 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: Ginger Baker Target entity description: Ginger Baker was a pioneering English drummer best known for co-founding the rock band Cream and for his influential fusion of jazz, rock, and African rhythms.
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A.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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B.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham is a Panamanian-American jazz fusion drummer renowned for his virtuosic technique and influential work in both solo projects and collaborations with leading fusion artists.
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C.
Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood is a British drummer and co-founder of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, renowned for his distinctive playing style and role in the group's enduring success.
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D.
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist best known for his innovative work in progressive rock with bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and his own group Bruford.
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E.
John Bonham
John Bonham was the influential English drummer of Led Zeppelin, renowned for his powerful, innovative playing and lasting impact on rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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drummer ⓘ human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Modern Drummer Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiovascular disease ⓘ |
| coFounded | Cream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-08-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-10-06 ⓘ |
| fullName | Peter Edward Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Afrobeat
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blues rock ⓘ jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| influenced |
heavy metal drumming
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rock drumming ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African rhythms
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jazz drumming ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum kit
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percussion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extended drum solos
ⓘ
fusion of jazz, rock, and African music ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Baker Gurvitz Army
NERFINISHED
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Blind Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Cream NERFINISHED ⓘ Ginger Baker's Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Graham Bond Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawkwind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Ginger Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ginger Baker's Air Force (album)
NERFINISHED
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Horses and Trees NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Passage NERFINISHED ⓘ Toad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ drummer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lewisham, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Canterbury, Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Finch
NERFINISHED
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Kudzai Machokoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynne Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Beware of Mr. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTechnique | double bass drums ⓘ |
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: Ginger Baker Description of subject: Ginger Baker was a pioneering English drummer best known for co-founding the rock band Cream and for his influential fusion of jazz, rock, and African rhythms.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.