Bill Pitman
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Bill Pitman was an American session guitarist and bassist renowned for his prolific work on countless 1960s pop and rock recordings as part of Los Angeles’ elite studio collective known as the Wrecking Crew.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Pitman canonical | 4 |
| Bill Pittman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15194760 — 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: Bill Pitman Context triple: [The Wrecking Crew, member, Bill Pitman]
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A.
Tom Pittman
Tom Pittman is an early personal computing pioneer and programmer known for his involvement in the Homebrew Computer Club and contributions to microcomputer software and education.
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B.
Joe Plummer
Joe Plummer is an American rock drummer best known for his work with indie bands such as Modest Mouse and The Shins.
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C.
Bill Sullivan
Bill Sullivan is the father of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, the main monster character in Pixar's animated film "Monsters, Inc."
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D.
Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney is a Hall of Fame American lacrosse coach renowned for leading multiple NCAA championship teams, most notably at Princeton and later at the University of Denver.
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E.
Bill McBride
Bill McBride was a Florida lawyer and Democratic politician best known for being the party’s nominee for governor in the 2002 Florida gubernatorial election against incumbent Jeb Bush.
- 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: Bill Pitman Target entity description: Bill Pitman was an American session guitarist and bassist renowned for his prolific work on countless 1960s pop and rock recordings as part of Los Angeles’ elite studio collective known as the Wrecking Crew.
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A.
Tom Pittman
Tom Pittman is an early personal computing pioneer and programmer known for his involvement in the Homebrew Computer Club and contributions to microcomputer software and education.
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B.
Joe Plummer
Joe Plummer is an American rock drummer best known for his work with indie bands such as Modest Mouse and The Shins.
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C.
Bill Sullivan
Bill Sullivan is the father of James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, the main monster character in Pixar's animated film "Monsters, Inc."
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D.
Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney is a Hall of Fame American lacrosse coach renowned for leading multiple NCAA championship teams, most notably at Princeton and later at the University of Denver.
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E.
Bill McBride
Bill McBride was a Florida lawyer and Democratic politician best known for being the party’s nominee for governor in the 2002 Florida gubernatorial election against incumbent Jeb Bush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bill Pitman
subject linked to:
"Tedesco and Pitman"
subject linked to:
"Tedesco and Pitman"
subject linked to:
"Tedesco and Pitman"