Wilton Felder
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Wilton Felder was an American saxophonist and bassist best known as a founding member of the jazz-funk group The Crusaders and for his prolific session work across jazz, R&B, and pop music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wilton Felder canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14129362 — 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: Wilton Felder Context triple: [Wayne Henderson, associatedAct, Wilton Felder]
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A.
John Bromfield
John Bromfield was an American film and television actor best known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1950s crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
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C.
William Demarest
William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
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D.
Wilm Hosenfeld
Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
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E.
Jean Fetter
Jean Fetter is a British-born American psychologist and former dean of admissions at Stanford University, known for her work in higher education and advocacy for women in science and academia.
- 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: Wilton Felder Target entity description: Wilton Felder was an American saxophonist and bassist best known as a founding member of the jazz-funk group The Crusaders and for his prolific session work across jazz, R&B, and pop music.
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A.
John Bromfield
John Bromfield was an American film and television actor best known for his rugged leading-man roles in 1950s crime dramas and Westerns.
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B.
George Shively
George Shively was an early 20th-century Negro league outfielder known for his speed, strong defense, and key role on several prominent Black baseball teams.
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C.
William Demarest
William Demarest was an American character actor best known for his roles in numerous Hollywood films and the television series "My Three Sons."
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D.
Wilm Hosenfeld
Wilm Hosenfeld was a German Wehrmacht officer known for secretly helping and ultimately saving Polish Jews, most famously the pianist Władysław Szpilman, during World War II.
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E.
Jean Fetter
Jean Fetter is a British-born American psychologist and former dean of admissions at Stanford University, known for her work in higher education and advocacy for women in science and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.