Steve Arrington
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Steve Arrington is an American funk and soul singer, drummer, and former frontman of the band Slave, known for his influential work in 1980s funk music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Steve Arrington canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13220070 — 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: Steve Arrington Context triple: [7 Days of Funk, featuresArtist, Steve Arrington]
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A.
John Larroquette
John Larroquette is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role on "Night Court" and prominent performances in both television and film.
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B.
Dean Murdock
Dean Murdock is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of the District of Saanich in British Columbia.
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C.
Theo Huxtable
Theo Huxtable is a central character on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show," portrayed as the only son in the Huxtable family.
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D.
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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E.
Jack Geller
Jack Geller is a recurring character on the television sitcom "Friends," known as the somewhat oblivious yet loving father of Ross and Monica Geller.
- 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: Steve Arrington Target entity description: Steve Arrington is an American funk and soul singer, drummer, and former frontman of the band Slave, known for his influential work in 1980s funk music.
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A.
John Larroquette
John Larroquette is an American actor and comedian best known for his Emmy-winning role on "Night Court" and prominent performances in both television and film.
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B.
Dean Murdock
Dean Murdock is a Canadian municipal politician who serves as the mayor of the District of Saanich in British Columbia.
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C.
Theo Huxtable
Theo Huxtable is a central character on the television sitcom "The Cosby Show," portrayed as the only son in the Huxtable family.
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D.
Paul Benedict
Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
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E.
Jack Geller
Jack Geller is a recurring character on the television sitcom "Friends," known as the somewhat oblivious yet loving father of Ross and Monica Geller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Dam-Funk
NERFINISHED
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Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ Thundercat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Dam-Funk
NERFINISHED
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Flying Lotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thundercat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasPartInDiscography |
Dancin' in the Key of Life (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hall of Fame I NERFINISHED ⓘ Hall of Fame II NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame (group) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jammin' National Anthem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
drummer in Slave
ⓘ
lead vocalist ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | G-funk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | P-funk-influenced 1980s funk ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential work in 1980s funk music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dancin' in the Key of Life
NERFINISHED
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Nobody Can Be You NERFINISHED ⓘ Way Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Weak At The Knees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
funk singer ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dayton, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | frontman of Slave ⓘ |
| sampledBy |
A Tribe Called Quest
NERFINISHED
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De La Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay-Z NERFINISHED ⓘ N.W.A 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: Steve Arrington Description of subject: Steve Arrington is an American funk and soul singer, drummer, and former frontman of the band Slave, known for his influential work in 1980s funk music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.