Harvey Mason Sr.
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Harvey Mason Sr. is an American jazz drummer, composer, and record producer renowned for his session work and as a founding member of the jazz-fusion group Fourplay.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harvey Mason | 2 |
| Harvey Mason Sr. canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3262807 — 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: Harvey Mason Sr. Context triple: [Harvey Mason Jr., parent, Harvey Mason Sr.]
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A.
Harvey Mason Jr.
Harvey Mason Jr. is an American record producer, songwriter, and music executive known for his work with major pop and R&B artists and for serving as CEO of the Recording Academy.
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B.
Harry Dreyfuss
Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
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C.
Elder Watson Diggs
Elder Watson Diggs was an African American educator and co-founder of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, who became a notable figure in early 20th-century Black intellectual and cultural life.
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- 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: Harvey Mason Sr. Target entity description: Harvey Mason Sr. is an American jazz drummer, composer, and record producer renowned for his session work and as a founding member of the jazz-fusion group Fourplay.
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A.
Harvey Mason Jr.
Harvey Mason Jr. is an American record producer, songwriter, and music executive known for his work with major pop and R&B artists and for serving as CEO of the Recording Academy.
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B.
Harry Dreyfuss
Harry Dreyfuss is an American writer and actor known for his essays, political commentary, and for speaking publicly about his experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.
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C.
Elder Watson Diggs
Elder Watson Diggs was an African American educator and co-founder of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, who became a notable figure in early 20th-century Black intellectual and cultural life.
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D.
Mr. McFeely
Mr. McFeely is the speedy, friendly delivery man on the children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," known for his catchphrase "Speedy Delivery!"
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E.
Elwood Mead
Elwood Mead was an American engineer and public official who served as U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation and oversaw major Western water projects, including the development associated with Hoover Dam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ jazz drummer ⓘ record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Fourplay
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various jazz and pop recording artists ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Mason ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
record production ⓘ songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ smooth jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Harvey ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum set
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Fourplay ⓘ |
| name | Harvey Mason Sr. self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | recognized as one of the most recorded drummers in contemporary music ⓘ |
| notableRole |
jazz-fusion drummer
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studio session drummer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings with Fourplay
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session work with numerous jazz and pop artists ⓘ solo albums as a bandleader ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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drummer ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| positionHeld | founding member of Fourplay ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Harvey Mason Sr. Description of subject: Harvey Mason Sr. is an American jazz drummer, composer, and record producer renowned for his session work and as a founding member of the jazz-fusion group Fourplay.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harvey Mason
this entity surface form:
Harvey Mason