Chris Butler
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Chris Butler is an American musician and songwriter best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the new wave band The Waitresses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chris Butler canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15900782 — 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: Chris Butler Context triple: [The Waitresses, hasMember, Chris Butler]
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A.
David Butler
David Butler was an American film director and actor best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies and musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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B.
David Butler
David Butler is an actor known for his role in the television series "Seventh Heaven."
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C.
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is an English session guitarist and producer known for his versatile work across rock, pop, and jazz, collaborating with numerous prominent artists since the 1960s.
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D.
Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland is an American information scientist and librarian known for his influential work on information retrieval, library services, and the theory of information systems.
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E.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
- 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: Chris Butler Target entity description: Chris Butler is an American musician and songwriter best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the new wave band The Waitresses.
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A.
David Butler
David Butler was an American film director and actor best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies and musicals from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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B.
David Butler
David Butler is an actor known for his role in the television series "Seventh Heaven."
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C.
Chris Spedding
Chris Spedding is an English session guitarist and producer known for his versatile work across rock, pop, and jazz, collaborating with numerous prominent artists since the 1960s.
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D.
Michael Buckland
Michael Buckland is an American information scientist and librarian known for his influential work on information retrieval, library services, and the theory of information systems.
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E.
John Brett
John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Affton, Missouri