Noel Paul Stookey
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Noel Paul Stookey is an American folk singer-songwriter and activist best known as the “Paul” in the influential 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Noel Paul Stookey canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4724166 — 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: Noel Paul Stookey Context triple: [Peter, Paul and Mary, member, Noel Paul Stookey]
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A.
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the influential 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
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B.
Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel was a Canadian singer, pianist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of The Band, contributing soulful vocals and compositions to their influential rock and roots sound.
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C.
David Crosby
David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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D.
Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the influential folk-rock band The Byrds.
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E.
Tom Rapp
Tom Rapp was an American singer-songwriter and key figure in the 1960s psychedelic folk scene, best known for his work with the band Pearls Before Swine.
- 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: Noel Paul Stookey Target entity description: Noel Paul Stookey is an American folk singer-songwriter and activist best known as the “Paul” in the influential 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
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A.
Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the influential 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
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B.
Richard Manuel
Richard Manuel was a Canadian singer, pianist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of The Band, contributing soulful vocals and compositions to their influential rock and roots sound.
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C.
David Crosby
David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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D.
Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the frontman of the influential folk-rock band The Byrds.
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E.
Tom Rapp
Tom Rapp was an American singer-songwriter and key figure in the 1960s psychedelic folk scene, best known for his work with the band Pearls Before Swine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
ⓘ
folk singer ⓘ human ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Mary Travers
NERFINISHED
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Peter Yarrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1937-12-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeSupported |
anti-poverty initiatives
ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ peace movement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian ministry through music
ⓘ
music ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary Christian music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| givenName | Noel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.noelpaulstookey.com/ ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the “Paul” in Peter, Paul and Mary
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protest songs ⓘ social activism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American folk music revival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Noel Paul Stookey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongWithGroup |
Blowin’ in the Wind
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
If I Had a Hammer NERFINISHED ⓘ Puff, the Magic Dragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Wedding Song (There Is Love) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Neworld Multimedia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Maine, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Betty Stookey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | The Wedding Song (There Is Love) 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: Noel Paul Stookey Description of subject: Noel Paul Stookey is an American folk singer-songwriter and activist best known as the “Paul” in the influential 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.