Ian McDonald
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Ian McDonald was a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and later the rock band Foreigner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ian McDonald canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15948891 — 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: Ian McDonald Context triple: [21st Century Schizoid Man, composer, Ian McDonald]
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A.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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B.
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
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C.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
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D.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
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E.
M. John Harrison
M. John Harrison is a British author renowned for his innovative and genre-defying science fiction, fantasy, and literary works such as the Viriconium series and "Light."
- 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: Ian McDonald Target entity description: Ian McDonald was a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson and later the rock band Foreigner.
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A.
Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald is a British science fiction author known for his richly imagined, culturally diverse speculative novels such as "River of Gods" and "Brasyl."
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B.
Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author best known for his space opera novels, particularly the Revelation Space series, which blend hard science with expansive, gothic-tinged futures.
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C.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a British science fiction author known for his hard science narratives, expansive space operas, and collaborations with Arthur C. Clarke.
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D.
Stephen Baxter
Stephen Baxter is a Northern Irish football manager and former player best known for his long-term and highly successful tenure in charge of Crusaders FC.
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E.
M. John Harrison
M. John Harrison is a British author renowned for his innovative and genre-defying science fiction, fantasy, and literary works such as the Viriconium series and "Light."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.