Sir Walford Davies
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Sir Walford Davies was a British composer, organist, and educator who served as Master of the King’s Music and became known for his influential church and choral works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Walford Davies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10714896 — 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: Sir Walford Davies Context triple: [Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, positionHeldBy, Sir Walford Davies]
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A.
Gerald Croft
Gerald Croft is a wealthy, socially ambitious young businessman whose affair with a working-class woman exposes his moral hypocrisy in J.B. Priestley’s play "An Inspector Calls."
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B.
Ivo Dawnay
Ivo Dawnay is a British public relations and communications professional, known for his work in politics and media circles.
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C.
Sir Deryck Maughan
Sir Deryck Maughan is a British financier and former vice chairman of Citigroup known for his leadership roles in global investment banking.
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D.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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E.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
- 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: Sir Walford Davies Target entity description: Sir Walford Davies was a British composer, organist, and educator who served as Master of the King’s Music and became known for his influential church and choral works.
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A.
Gerald Croft
Gerald Croft is a wealthy, socially ambitious young businessman whose affair with a working-class woman exposes his moral hypocrisy in J.B. Priestley’s play "An Inspector Calls."
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B.
Ivo Dawnay
Ivo Dawnay is a British public relations and communications professional, known for his work in politics and media circles.
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C.
Sir Deryck Maughan
Sir Deryck Maughan is a British financier and former vice chairman of Citigroup known for his leadership roles in global investment banking.
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D.
Sir Cedric Willingham
Sir Cedric Willingham is a dignified and traditional British courtier who serves as a key advisor and mentor to the unlikely monarch in the comedy film "King Ralph."
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E.
Giles Wilson
Giles Wilson is one of the sons of former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Royal Air Force
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Church, London NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choral music
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church music ⓘ classical music ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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organ music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry Walford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | 20th-century British church music ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Anglican choral tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
broadcast music talks on BBC radio
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choral compositions ⓘ influential church music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | English church music tradition ⓘ |
| name | Sir Walford Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Short Requiem
NERFINISHED
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Hymn tunes and anthems for the Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF March Past (arrangement and development) NERFINISHED ⓘ Solemn Melody NERFINISHED ⓘ choral and organ works for Anglican worship ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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composer ⓘ music educator ⓘ organist ⓘ radio broadcaster ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of Music, Royal Air Force
NERFINISHED
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Master of the King’s Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor of Music at the University of Wales ⓘ organist at the Temple Church, London ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| title | Knight Bachelor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Sir Walford Davies Description of subject: Sir Walford Davies was a British composer, organist, and educator who served as Master of the King’s Music and became known for his influential church and choral works.
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