Roger Hawkins
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Roger Hawkins was a renowned American session drummer best known as a key member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, playing on numerous classic soul and rock recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger Hawkins canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2514223 — 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: Roger Hawkins Context triple: [Chain of Fools, hasDrummer, Roger Hawkins]
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A.
Roy Hawkins
Roy Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic song "The Thrill Is Gone."
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B.
Roger Henderson
Roger Henderson is a central character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "The Pleasure of His Company," known as a charming but unreliable father whose return disrupts his daughter's impending marriage.
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C.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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D.
John Bluthal
John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
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E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- 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: Roger Hawkins Target entity description: Roger Hawkins was a renowned American session drummer best known as a key member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, playing on numerous classic soul and rock recordings.
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A.
Roy Hawkins
Roy Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter best known for co-writing the classic song "The Thrill Is Gone."
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B.
Roger Henderson
Roger Henderson is a central character in the 1961 romantic comedy film "The Pleasure of His Company," known as a charming but unreliable father whose return disrupts his daughter's impending marriage.
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C.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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D.
John Bluthal
John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
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E.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aretha Franklin
ⓘ
Bob Seger ⓘ Clarence Carter ⓘ Duane Allman ⓘ Etta James ⓘ Lynyrd Skynyrd ⓘ Paul Simon ⓘ Percy Sledge ⓘ The Staple Singers ⓘ
surface form:
Staple Singers
Traffic ⓘ Wilson Pickett ⓘ |
| basedIn | Muscle Shoals, Alabama ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | White American ⓘ |
| genre |
pop music
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ rock music ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
ⓘ
The Swampers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
ⓘ
contributing to classic soul and rock recordings ⓘ |
| notableRecording |
Chain of Fools
ⓘ
surface form:
“Chain of Fools”
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ⓘ
surface form:
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”
Mustang Sally ⓘ
surface form:
“Mustang Sally”
"Respect" ⓘ
surface form:
“Respect”
“Slip Away” by Clarence Carter ⓘ
surface form:
“Slip Away”
When a Man Loves a Woman ⓘ
surface form:
“When a Man Loves a Woman”
|
| notableWork |
session work at FAME Studios
ⓘ
session work at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
session musician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
ⓘ
surface form:
Muscle Shoals sound
|
| placeOfBirth | Indiana ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Alabama ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedAt |
FAME Studios
ⓘ
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Roger Hawkins Description of subject: Roger Hawkins was a renowned American session drummer best known as a key member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, playing on numerous classic soul and rock recordings.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.