James LaBrie
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James LaBrie is a Canadian vocalist best known as the longtime lead singer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James LaBrie canonical | 2 |
| James LaBrie – vocals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7967152 — 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: James LaBrie Context triple: [Metropolis I, hasBandMemberAtTimeOfRecording, James LaBrie]
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A.
Oliver Wakeman
Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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B.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
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C.
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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D.
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman is an American guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, melodic playing style and influential work in thrash and neoclassical metal, as well as his later career in Japan as a musician and television personality.
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E.
Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis during their classic 1970s era and for his subsequent solo career.
- 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: James LaBrie Target entity description: James LaBrie is a Canadian vocalist best known as the longtime lead singer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
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A.
Oliver Wakeman
Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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B.
Tommy Thayer
Tommy Thayer is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, where he performs in the "Spaceman" persona originally made famous by Ace Frehley.
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C.
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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D.
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman is an American guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, melodic playing style and influential work in thrash and neoclassical metal, as well as his later career in Japan as a musician and television personality.
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E.
Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis during their classic 1970s era and for his subsequent solo career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Ayreon
NERFINISHED
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Dream Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Frameshift NERFINISHED ⓘ MullMuzzler NERFINISHED ⓘ True Symphonic Rockestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963-05-05 ⓘ |
| familyName | LaBrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Kevin James LaBrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
heavy metal
ⓘ
progressive metal ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| givenName |
James
ⓘ
Kevin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | vocals ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dream Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableFor | longtime lead singer of Dream Theater ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dramatic Turn of Events
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A View from the Top of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Clouds & Silver Linings NERFINISHED ⓘ Distance over Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Theater (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Images and Words NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavarium NERFINISHED ⓘ Systematic Chaos NERFINISHED ⓘ Train of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyricist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previouslyMemberOf | Winter Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Canada ⓘ |
| role | lead vocalist of Dream Theater ⓘ |
| soloAlbum |
Beautiful Shade of Grey
NERFINISHED
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Elements of Persuasion NERFINISHED ⓘ Impermanent Resonance NERFINISHED ⓘ MullMuzzler 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Static Impulse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soloArtistName | James LaBrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1991 (joined Dream Theater) ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
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: James LaBrie Description of subject: James LaBrie is a Canadian vocalist best known as the longtime lead singer of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
James LaBrie – vocals