Donald Bailey
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Donald Bailey is a jazz bassist known for his work on the classic live album "A Night at the Village Vanguard."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donald Bailey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21488512 — 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, bassist, 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.
Donald Bailey
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 is a jazz bassist known for his work on the classic live album "A Night at the Village Vanguard."
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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.
Donald Bailey
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
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