Bill Johnson (bassist)
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Bill Johnson was an American jazz bassist known for his work in swing and big band settings, including collaborations with prominent bandleaders such as Erskine Hawkins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bill Johnson (bassist) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19191590 — 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 Johnson (bassist) Context triple: [Erskine Hawkins, performedWith, Bill Johnson (bassist)]
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A.
Lenny Bass
Lenny Bass is a music video director known for directing the video for Fantasia's hit song "When I See U."
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B.
bassist Mikey Way
Mikey Way is an American musician best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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C.
Don Maynard
Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
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D.
Dick Kemper, bass
Dick Kemper is a Dutch bass guitarist best known for his work with the hard rock band Vandenberg.
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E.
Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey is an American professional baseball catcher who starred at NC State before being drafted in the first round by the San Francisco Giants.
- 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 Johnson (bassist) Target entity description: Bill Johnson was an American jazz bassist known for his work in swing and big band settings, including collaborations with prominent bandleaders such as Erskine Hawkins.
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A.
Lenny Bass
Lenny Bass is a music video director known for directing the video for Fantasia's hit song "When I See U."
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B.
bassist Mikey Way
Mikey Way is an American musician best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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C.
Don Maynard
Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame American football wide receiver best known as Joe Namath’s primary deep threat and a key offensive star for the New York Jets during the 1960s.
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D.
Dick Kemper, bass
Dick Kemper is a Dutch bass guitarist best known for his work with the hard rock band Vandenberg.
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E.
Patrick Bailey
Patrick Bailey is an American professional baseball catcher who starred at NC State before being drafted in the first round by the San Francisco Giants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.