Bob Wilber
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Bob Wilber was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader known for his dedication to traditional jazz and swing styles and for collaborating with many prominent jazz figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Wilber canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271129 — 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: Bob Wilber Context triple: [The Cotton Club, musicBy, Bob Wilber]
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A.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
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B.
Lloyd Hubler
Lloyd Hubler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Megamind."
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C.
Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
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D.
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.
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E.
Bruce Wirth
Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
- 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: Bob Wilber Target entity description: Bob Wilber was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader known for his dedication to traditional jazz and swing styles and for collaborating with many prominent jazz figures.
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A.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
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B.
Lloyd Hubler
Lloyd Hubler is a cinematographer best known for his work on the animated film "Megamind."
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C.
Bruce Woolley
Bruce Woolley is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer best known for co-writing the hit song "Video Killed the Radio Star" and for his work with acts like The Buggles and The Camera Club.
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D.
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.
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E.
Bruce Wirth
Bruce Wirth is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country and rock band The Walkabouts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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clarinetist ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Bucky Pizzarelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Davern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-03-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-08-04 ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | The Wildcats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Sage Wilber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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swing ⓘ traditional jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sidney Bechet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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clarinet ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Wildcats
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The World’s Greatest Jazz Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | preservation of traditional jazz and swing styles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Soprano Summit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Bechet Legacy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chipping Campden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Arbors Records
NERFINISHED
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Columbia Records ⓘ Concord Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Chipping Campden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Pug Horton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Sidney Bechet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | Music Was Not Enough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Bob Wilber Description of subject: Bob Wilber was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader known for his dedication to traditional jazz and swing styles and for collaborating with many prominent jazz figures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.