David T. Walker
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David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David T. Walker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3651607 — 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: David T. Walker Context triple: [Thoroughbred, featuresMusician, David T. Walker]
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A.
Charles Joseph Walker
Charles Joseph Walker was the husband of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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B.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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C.
William R. Wilkerson
William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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D.
Charles Howard Walker
Charles Howard Walker was an American architect and designer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work on public monuments and institutional buildings.
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E.
Arthur C. Walker Jr.
Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: David T. Walker Target entity description: David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
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A.
Charles Joseph Walker
Charles Joseph Walker was the husband of pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker.
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B.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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C.
William R. Wilkerson
William R. Wilkerson was an American entrepreneur and publisher best known for founding The Hollywood Reporter and initiating the development of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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D.
Charles Howard Walker
Charles Howard Walker was an American architect and designer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his work on public monuments and institutional buildings.
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E.
Arthur C. Walker Jr.
Arthur C. Walker Jr. was an American physicist and solar scientist known for his pioneering work in X-ray and ultraviolet imaging of the sun and for serving on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Los Angeles studio musicians
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Motown Records session scene ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeActivity |
arranging guitar sections for soul and jazz recordings
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contributing guitar parts to other artists' albums ⓘ recording solo albums ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jazz music
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music industry ⓘ popular music recording ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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funk ⓘ jazz ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band leader
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sideman ⓘ |
| hasSkill |
ensemble playing
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improvisation ⓘ rhythm guitar ⓘ studio performance ⓘ |
| hasWorkedWith | major recording artists since the 1960s ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
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electric guitar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive guitar phrasing
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extensive session work ⓘ smooth guitar tone ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 21st century ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
economical melodic lines
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soul‑jazz phrasing ⓘ subtle chord voicings ⓘ warm clean tone ⓘ |
| workFocus |
live performance
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studio recording sessions ⓘ |
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: David T. Walker Description of subject: David T. Walker is an American soul and jazz guitarist known for his smooth, expressive playing and extensive session work with major artists since the 1960s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.