Billy Cox
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Billy Cox is an American bassist best known for his longtime collaboration with Jimi Hendrix, including his role in the Band of Gypsys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Billy Cox canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4454172 — 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: Billy Cox Context triple: [Band of Gypsys, hasMember, Billy Cox]
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A.
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
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B.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
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C.
Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film noir and classic Hollywood films, including notable appearances in movies like "The Killers" and "Spartacus."
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D.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
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E.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr. was an American character actor best known for his portrayals of nervous, hapless, or morally compromised men in classic film noir and crime movies.
- 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: Billy Cox Target entity description: Billy Cox is an American bassist best known for his longtime collaboration with Jimi Hendrix, including his role in the Band of Gypsys.
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A.
Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn was an American comedian and character actor known for his distinctive high-pitched voice and whimsical performances in early radio, film, and television.
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B.
Mack Swain
Mack Swain was an American silent film actor and comedian best known for his frequent collaborations with Charlie Chaplin and his roles in early slapstick comedies.
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C.
Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw was an American character actor known for his tough-guy roles in film noir and classic Hollywood films, including notable appearances in movies like "The Killers" and "Spartacus."
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D.
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers was an American actor and musician best known as a popular leading man of the late silent and early sound film era, often called "America's Boyfriend."
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E.
Elisha Cook Jr.
Elisha Cook Jr. was an American character actor best known for his portrayals of nervous, hapless, or morally compromised men in classic film noir and crime movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Band of Gypsys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Buddy Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ Gypsy Sun and Rainbows NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ The Jimi Hendrix Experience NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Nashville, Tennessee
NERFINISHED
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Seattle music scene via Jimi Hendrix ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Buddy Miles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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blues rock ⓘ funk rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band member
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live performer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| knownFor | longtime collaboration with Jimi Hendrix ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Band of Gypsys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Jimi Hendrix Experience NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| met | Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metDuring | military service in the United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Billy Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum | Band of Gypsys (1970 live album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Band of Gypsys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
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musician ⓘ |
| performedAt |
Isle of Wight Festival
NERFINISHED
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Woodstock Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith | Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedOn |
Band of Gypsys (1970 live album)
NERFINISHED
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First Rays of the New Rising Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ Rainbow Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cry of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedWith | Capitol Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| residence | Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Billy Cox Description of subject: Billy Cox is an American bassist best known for his longtime collaboration with Jimi Hendrix, including his role in the Band of Gypsys.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.