William Patton Black Jr.
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William Patton Black Jr. was an American bassist and bandleader best known for playing with Elvis Presley in the 1950s and later leading Bill Black's Combo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Patton Black Jr. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23180099 — 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: William Patton Black Jr. Context triple: [Bill Black, birthName, William Patton Black Jr.]
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A.
Charles Lawton Jr.
Charles Lawton Jr. was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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B.
Curtis W. Reese
Curtis W. Reese was an American Unitarian minister and influential religious humanist leader known for helping shape early 20th-century humanist thought in the United States.
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C.
James S. Brown Jr.
James S. Brown Jr. was an American cinematographer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on noir and mystery films.
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D.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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E.
William Anthony Parker Jr.
William Anthony Parker Jr. is the birth name of Tony Parker, the French-American former NBA point guard best known for winning four championships with the San Antonio Spurs.
- 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: William Patton Black Jr. Target entity description: William Patton Black Jr. was an American bassist and bandleader best known for playing with Elvis Presley in the 1950s and later leading Bill Black's Combo.
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A.
Charles Lawton Jr.
Charles Lawton Jr. was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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B.
Curtis W. Reese
Curtis W. Reese was an American Unitarian minister and influential religious humanist leader known for helping shape early 20th-century humanist thought in the United States.
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C.
James S. Brown Jr.
James S. Brown Jr. was an American cinematographer active in mid-20th-century Hollywood, known for his work on noir and mystery films.
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D.
Leroy Hicks
Leroy Hicks is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Hicks, though widely recognized public information about him is limited.
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E.
William Anthony Parker Jr.
William Anthony Parker Jr. is the birth name of Tony Parker, the French-American former NBA point guard best known for winning four championships with the San Antonio Spurs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
bassist Bill Black