Wilbur Ware
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Wilbur Ware was an influential American jazz double bassist known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s with leading bebop and hard bop musicians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wilbur Ware canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21488507 — 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: Wilbur Ware Context triple: [A Night at the Village Vanguard, personnel, Wilbur Ware]
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A.
Walter Russell Lambuth
Walter Russell Lambuth was an American Methodist missionary and bishop known for his pioneering work in Christian education and church planting in Asia, including helping establish institutions such as Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan.
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B.
Wendell Wellman
Wendell Wellman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1982 action film "Firefox" starring Clint Eastwood.
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C.
Wilbur Evans
Wilbur Evans was an American baritone and stage actor known for his performances in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals and operettas.
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D.
Lancaster Dodd
Lancaster Dodd is a charismatic, enigmatic religious leader and founder of a quasi-spiritual movement in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film "The Master."
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E.
W. S. Bodey
W. S. Bodey was a 19th-century prospector whose discovery of gold in California led to the founding of the mining town later preserved as Bodie State Historic Park.
- 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: Wilbur Ware Target entity description: Wilbur Ware was an influential American jazz double bassist known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s with leading bebop and hard bop musicians.
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A.
Walter Russell Lambuth
Walter Russell Lambuth was an American Methodist missionary and bishop known for his pioneering work in Christian education and church planting in Asia, including helping establish institutions such as Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan.
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B.
Wendell Wellman
Wendell Wellman is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1982 action film "Firefox" starring Clint Eastwood.
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C.
Wilbur Evans
Wilbur Evans was an American baritone and stage actor known for his performances in mid-20th-century Broadway musicals and operettas.
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D.
Lancaster Dodd
Lancaster Dodd is a charismatic, enigmatic religious leader and founder of a quasi-spiritual movement in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film "The Master."
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E.
W. S. Bodey
W. S. Bodey was a 19th-century prospector whose discovery of gold in California led to the founding of the mining town later preserved as Bodie State Historic Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.