Larry Adler
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Larry Adler was an American harmonica virtuoso and composer renowned for popularizing the harmonica as a serious concert instrument and collaborating with leading classical and popular musicians of the 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Larry Adler canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13448612 — 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: Larry Adler Context triple: [King and Country, musicBy, Larry Adler]
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A.
Jerry Adler
Jerry Adler is an American actor and theatre director best known for his character roles in film, television, and on Broadway.
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B.
Jerry Goodman
Jerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for his pioneering electric violin work in jazz-rock and progressive rock, including his influential role in the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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C.
Gilbert Adler
Gilbert Adler is an American film and television producer known for his work on genre projects including horror and superhero adaptations.
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D.
Jacob Adler
Jacob Adler was a pioneering and influential actor and impresario who became one of the leading stars of the Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser was an American character actor best known for his recurring role as Uncle Leo on the television sitcom "Seinfeld."
- 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: Larry Adler Target entity description: Larry Adler was an American harmonica virtuoso and composer renowned for popularizing the harmonica as a serious concert instrument and collaborating with leading classical and popular musicians of the 20th century.
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A.
Jerry Adler
Jerry Adler is an American actor and theatre director best known for his character roles in film, television, and on Broadway.
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B.
Jerry Goodman
Jerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for his pioneering electric violin work in jazz-rock and progressive rock, including his influential role in the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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C.
Gilbert Adler
Gilbert Adler is an American film and television producer known for his work on genre projects including horror and superhero adaptations.
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D.
Jacob Adler
Jacob Adler was a pioneering and influential actor and impresario who became one of the leading stars of the Yiddish theater in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Len Lesser
Len Lesser was an American character actor best known for his recurring role as Uncle Leo on the television sitcom "Seinfeld."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
harmonica player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy nomination for The Glory of Gershwin ⓘ |
| birthName | Lawrence Cecil Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Golders Green Crematorium, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
André Previn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darius Milhaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoagy Carmichael NERFINISHED ⓘ Jascha Heifetz NERFINISHED ⓘ Kate Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-02-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-08-06 ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| givenName | Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Patricia Adler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendy Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | harmonica ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the harmonica as a serious concert instrument
ⓘ
virtuoso harmonica performances ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Glory of Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ harmonica player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalEvent | blacklisted during the McCarthy era in the United States ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | London, England, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eileen Walser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sally Kline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOn | A Christmas Carol (1951 film score contribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteMusicFor | Genevieve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Larry Adler Description of subject: Larry Adler was an American harmonica virtuoso and composer renowned for popularizing the harmonica as a serious concert instrument and collaborating with leading classical and popular musicians of the 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.