James Gurley
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James Gurley was an American rock guitarist best known for his influential, psychedelic guitar work with the 1960s San Francisco band Big Brother and the Holding Company, fronted by Janis Joplin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Gurley canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18444767 — 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: James Gurley Context triple: [Big Brother and the Holding Company, member, James Gurley]
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A.
Bob Feerick
Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
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B.
Eric Rosse
Eric Rosse is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work with artists like Tori Amos and Sara Bareilles.
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C.
Stewart Myers
Stewart Myers is a prominent American economist and finance scholar best known for his foundational work in corporate finance theory, including the pecking order theory of capital structure.
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D.
Robert Scudder
Robert Scudder is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
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E.
Ben Demaree
Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
- 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: James Gurley Target entity description: James Gurley was an American rock guitarist best known for his influential, psychedelic guitar work with the 1960s San Francisco band Big Brother and the Holding Company, fronted by Janis Joplin.
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A.
Bob Feerick
Bob Feerick was an early professional basketball star and player-coach in the Basketball Association of America (a precursor to the NBA), known for his scoring and leadership in the late 1940s.
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B.
Eric Rosse
Eric Rosse is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work with artists like Tori Amos and Sara Bareilles.
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C.
Stewart Myers
Stewart Myers is a prominent American economist and finance scholar best known for his foundational work in corporate finance theory, including the pecking order theory of capital structure.
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D.
Robert Scudder
Robert Scudder is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Scudder.
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E.
Ben Demaree
Ben Demaree is a cinematographer and filmmaker known for his work on low-budget genre films, including fantasy and science fiction titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.