Martin Barre
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Martin Barre is an English rock guitarist best known as the longtime lead guitarist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martin Barre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9324686 — 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: Martin Barre Context triple: [Barre, hasNotableBearer, Martin Barre]
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A.
Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known as the longtime vocalist and frontman for the rock band Styx and for his successful solo career in the 1980s.
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B.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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C.
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
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D.
John Wetton
John Wetton was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter best known for his work with the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Asia.
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E.
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.
- 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: Martin Barre Target entity description: Martin Barre is an English rock guitarist best known as the longtime lead guitarist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull.
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A.
Lawrence Gowan
Lawrence Gowan is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known as the longtime vocalist and frontman for the rock band Styx and for his successful solo career in the 1980s.
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B.
Tommy Shaw
Tommy Shaw is an American rock musician, singer, and songwriter best known as a longtime guitarist and vocalist for the band Styx.
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C.
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
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D.
John Wetton
John Wetton was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter best known for his work with the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Asia.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Blodwyn Pig
NERFINISHED
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Gethsemane NERFINISHED ⓘ Jethro Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ The Martin Barre Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Noblemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental (with Jethro Tull) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-11-17 ⓘ |
| birthName | Martin Lancelot Barre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Birmingham, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 2012 (membership in Jethro Tull) ⓘ |
| familyName | Barre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
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hard rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
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electric guitar ⓘ flute ⓘ mandolin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Jethro Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Martin Barre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
50 Years of Jethro Tull
NERFINISHED
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A Trick of Memory NERFINISHED ⓘ Away with Words NERFINISHED ⓘ Back to Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ Roads Less Travelled NERFINISHED ⓘ Stage Left NERFINISHED ⓘ The Meeting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | longtime lead guitarist of Jethro Tull ⓘ |
| notableSong |
"Cross-Eyed Mary" (guitar work)
NERFINISHED
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"Locomotive Breath" (guitar work) NERFINISHED ⓘ "Minstrel in the Gallery" (guitar work) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Aqualung (guitar solo) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Chrysalis Records
NERFINISHED
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Road Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Devon, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1968 (membership in Jethro Tull) ⓘ |
| website | https://www.martinbarre.com/ ⓘ |
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: Martin Barre Description of subject: Martin Barre is an English rock guitarist best known as the longtime lead guitarist for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.