Keith Reid
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Keith Reid was an English lyricist best known for writing the words to Procol Harum’s songs, including the classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keith Reid canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8739977 — 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: Keith Reid Context triple: [Procol Harum, hasMember, Keith Reid]
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A.
David Reid
David Reid is a film producer known for his work on major British and international feature films, including the action spy movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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B.
Craig Reid
Craig Reid is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known as one half of the folk-rock duo The Proclaimers.
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C.
Christopher Reid
Christopher Reid is a British poet and former poetry editor known for his witty, emotionally resonant verse and for winning major literary awards such as the Costa Book Award.
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D.
Alex Reid
Alex Reid is a British actress best known for her role in the horror film "The Descent."
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E.
Patrick Reid
Patrick Reid is the brother of American actress Tara Reid, known for her roles in films like "American Pie" and "The Big Lebowski."
- 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: Keith Reid Target entity description: Keith Reid was an English lyricist best known for writing the words to Procol Harum’s songs, including the classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”
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A.
David Reid
David Reid is a film producer known for his work on major British and international feature films, including the action spy movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service."
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B.
Craig Reid
Craig Reid is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known as one half of the folk-rock duo The Proclaimers.
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C.
Christopher Reid
Christopher Reid is a British poet and former poetry editor known for his witty, emotionally resonant verse and for winning major literary awards such as the Costa Book Award.
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D.
Alex Reid
Alex Reid is a British actress best known for her role in the horror film "The Descent."
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E.
Patrick Reid
Patrick Reid is the brother of American actress Tara Reid, known for her roles in films like "American Pie" and "The Big Lebowski."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Procol Harum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
writing lyrics for Procol Harum’s songs
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writing the lyrics of A Whiter Shade of Pale ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
B. J. Wilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Copping NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Brooker NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Trower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Keith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Procol Harum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Keith Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Salty Dog
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Whiter Shade of Pale NERFINISHED ⓘ Conquistador NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ Homburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing But the Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandora’s Box NERFINISHED ⓘ Shine on Brightly NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Goodbye NERFINISHED ⓘ The Truth Won’t Fade Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Whaling Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyricist
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| primaryActivityPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| role | lyricist for Procol Harum ⓘ |
| wroteLyricsForSong |
A Salty Dog
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Whiter Shade of Pale NERFINISHED ⓘ Conquistador NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ Homburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Nothing But the Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandora’s Box NERFINISHED ⓘ Shine on Brightly NERFINISHED ⓘ Whaling Stories 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: Keith Reid Description of subject: Keith Reid was an English lyricist best known for writing the words to Procol Harum’s songs, including the classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.