David Bedford
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David Bedford was an English composer, arranger, and musician known for his experimental and orchestral work, including notable collaborations with progressive rock artists such as Mike Oldfield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Bedford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7504343 — 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: David Bedford Context triple: [Mike Oldfield, associatedAct, David Bedford]
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A.
David Bedford
David Bedford was a British long-distance runner who set a world record in the 10,000 metres in the early 1970s and later became a prominent athletics administrator.
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B.
Colin Watkinson
Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
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C.
Clive Brook
Clive Brook was a British film actor best known as a suave leading man in early Hollywood and British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s.
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D.
Ken Darby
Ken Darby was an American composer, vocal arranger, and conductor known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores and for winning multiple Academy Awards for his contributions to cinema music.
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E.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
- 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: David Bedford Target entity description: David Bedford was an English composer, arranger, and musician known for his experimental and orchestral work, including notable collaborations with progressive rock artists such as Mike Oldfield.
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A.
David Bedford
David Bedford was a British long-distance runner who set a world record in the 10,000 metres in the early 1970s and later became a prominent athletics administrator.
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B.
Colin Watkinson
Colin Watkinson is a British cinematographer best known for his visually striking work on films and television series such as The Fall and The Handmaid's Tale.
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C.
Clive Brook
Clive Brook was a British film actor best known as a suave leading man in early Hollywood and British cinema during the 1920s and 1930s.
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D.
Ken Darby
Ken Darby was an American composer, vocal arranger, and conductor known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores and for winning multiple Academy Awards for his contributions to cinema music.
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E.
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack was an English actor best known for his comedic roles in British television, particularly as Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English composer
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arranger ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Kevin Ayers and The Whole World
NERFINISHED
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Mike Oldfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Soft Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | David Vickerman Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Kevin Ayers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Oldfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Wyatt NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-08-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-10-01 ⓘ |
| education | Royal Academy of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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experimental music ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
ⓘ
organ ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental orchestral compositions
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orchestral arrangements for Mike Oldfield ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde music
ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ |
| name | David Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableArrangement |
orchestral arrangement of Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge
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orchestral arrangement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Instructions for Angels
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nurses Song with Elephants NERFINISHED ⓘ Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelve Hours of Sunset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
BBC Records
NERFINISHED
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Virgin Records ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Luigi Nono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedAs | music educator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: David Bedford Description of subject: David Bedford was an English composer, arranger, and musician known for his experimental and orchestral work, including notable collaborations with progressive rock artists such as Mike Oldfield.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.