Donald Bailey
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Donald Bailey was an American jazz drummer best known for his long association with organist Jimmy Smith and his work in the hard bop and soul jazz idioms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donald Bailey canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21488508 — 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: Donald Bailey Context triple: [A Night at the Village Vanguard, personnel, Donald Bailey]
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A.
Donald Bailey
Donald Bailey was a British civil engineer best known for designing the portable, pre-fabricated Bailey bridge widely used during World War II.
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B.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
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C.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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D.
Donald Blye
Donald Blye is a character in the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," known primarily as the father of Special Agent Kensi Blye and a former Marine whose mysterious past plays a key role in her backstory.
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E.
Don Bailey
Don Bailey is an architect best known for designing the Perth Concert Hall in Western Australia.
- 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: Donald Bailey Target entity description: Donald Bailey was an American jazz drummer best known for his long association with organist Jimmy Smith and his work in the hard bop and soul jazz idioms.
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A.
Donald Bailey
Donald Bailey was a British civil engineer best known for designing the portable, pre-fabricated Bailey bridge widely used during World War II.
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B.
Jim Barnhill
Jim Barnhill was an American football official best known for serving as a referee in the American Football League during the 1960s.
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C.
Ben Haggerty
Ben Haggerty, better known by his stage name Macklemore, is an American rapper and songwriter recognized for hits like "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us."
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D.
Donald Blye
Donald Blye is a character in the television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," known primarily as the father of Special Agent Kensi Blye and a former Marine whose mysterious past plays a key role in her backstory.
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E.
Don Bailey
Don Bailey is an architect best known for designing the Perth Concert Hall in Western Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.