Simon Kirke
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Simon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a founding member of the bands Free and Bad Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Kirke canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7616250 — 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: Simon Kirke Context triple: [All Right Now, drummer, Simon Kirke]
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A.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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B.
Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the longtime lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the band Bon Jovi.
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C.
Axl Rose
Axl Rose is an American singer, songwriter, and frontman of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, known for his powerful wide-ranging vocals and dynamic stage presence.
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D.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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E.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
- 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: Simon Kirke Target entity description: Simon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a founding member of the bands Free and Bad Company.
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A.
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Pearcy is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist and founding member of the glam metal band Ratt, prominent in the 1980s hard rock scene.
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B.
Richie Sambora
Richie Sambora is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the longtime lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the band Bon Jovi.
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C.
Axl Rose
Axl Rose is an American singer, songwriter, and frontman of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, known for his powerful wide-ranging vocals and dynamic stage presence.
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D.
John Corabi
John Corabi is an American hard rock singer and guitarist best known for his work with bands like Mötley Crüe, The Scream, and Ratt.
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E.
Rudy Sarzo
Rudy Sarzo is a Cuban-American hard rock and heavy metal bassist best known for his work with bands like Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, and Whitesnake.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English musician
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bad Company (band)
NERFINISHED
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Free (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit NERFINISHED ⓘ Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1949-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Lambeth, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Kirke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingMemberOf |
Bad Company (band)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Domino Kirke
NERFINISHED
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Jemima Kirke NERFINISHED ⓘ Lola Kirke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum kit
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bad Company (band)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Simon Kirke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbumContribution |
“Bad Company” (debut album) by Bad Company
NERFINISHED
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“Desolation Angels” by Bad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ “Fire and Water” by Free NERFINISHED ⓘ “Run with the Pack” by Bad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ “Straight Shooter” by Bad Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongwritingCredit |
“All Right Now”
NERFINISHED
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“Bad Company” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Movin’ On” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Shooting Star” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bad Company (band)
NERFINISHED
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Free (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
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Island Records ⓘ Swan Song Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse | Lorraine Dellal 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: Simon Kirke Description of subject: Simon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a founding member of the bands Free and Bad Company.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.