David Gilmour
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David Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Pink Floyd.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Gilmour canonical | 119 |
| David Gilmour (photography credit disputed) | 1 |
| David Gilmour (solo artist) | 1 |
| David Jon Gilmour | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4454093 — 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 Gilmour Context triple: [Fender Stratocaster, notablePlayer, David Gilmour]
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A.
Roger Waters
Roger Waters is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the rock band Pink Floyd, known for his conceptual songwriting and politically charged solo work.
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B.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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C.
Noel Redding
Noel Redding was an English rock bassist best known as the original bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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D.
Chris Squire
Chris Squire was an English bassist, singer, and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes, renowned for his distinctive melodic bass playing and influential role in the genre.
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E.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard.
- 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 Gilmour Target entity description: David Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Pink Floyd.
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A.
Roger Waters
Roger Waters is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the rock band Pink Floyd, known for his conceptual songwriting and politically charged solo work.
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B.
Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce was a Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the bassist and vocalist of the pioneering rock band Cream.
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C.
Noel Redding
Noel Redding was an English rock bassist best known as the original bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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D.
Chris Squire
Chris Squire was an English bassist, singer, and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes, renowned for his distinctive melodic bass playing and influential role in the genre.
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E.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ record producer ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Jokers Wild
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Kate Bush ⓘ Paul McCartney ⓘ Pink Floyd ⓘ Roy Harper ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1946-03-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
|
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Gilmour ⓘ |
| formerSpouse | Ginger Gilmour ⓘ |
| fullName |
David Jon Gilmour
ⓘ
linked to:
David Gilmour
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
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blues rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasSoloAlbum |
About Face
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David Gilmour ⓘ Live in Gdańsk ⓘ On an Island ⓘ Rattle That Lock ⓘ |
| honour | inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd ⓘ |
| influenced | many progressive rock guitarists ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| joined | Pink Floyd in 1967 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Pink Floyd ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressive guitar solos
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use of delay and modulation effects on guitar ⓘ |
| notableGuitar |
Fender Stratocaster "Black Strat"
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linked to:
Fender Stratocaster
|
| notableWork |
Animals
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Comfortably Numb ⓘ Meddle ⓘ Money ⓘ Shine On You Crazy Diamond ⓘ The Dark Side of the Moon ⓘ The Wall ⓘ Wish You Were Here ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionInBand |
co-lead vocalist of Pink Floyd
ⓘ
lead guitarist of Pink Floyd ⓘ |
| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Sussex ⓘ |
| spouse | Polly Samson ⓘ |
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 Gilmour Description of subject: David Gilmour is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Pink Floyd.
Referenced by (122)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Back to the Egg" (with Wings)
linked to: David Gilmour
linked to: David Gilmour
subject linked to:
album "Mamouna"
subject linked to:
album "Olympia"
subject linked to:
album "Olympia"
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Animals
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Animals
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Animals
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse of Reason
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell
subject linked to:
Pink Floyd – The Division Bell