Jan Hammer
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Jan Hammer is a Czech-American keyboardist and composer best known for his pioneering fusion work and for composing the iconic Miami Vice television soundtrack.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jan Hammer canonical | 29 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4942398 — 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: Jan Hammer Context triple: [Mahavishnu Orchestra, hasMember, Jan Hammer]
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A.
Brian Dunkleman
Brian Dunkleman is an American comedian, actor, and television personality best known for co-hosting the first season of the reality singing competition "American Idol."
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B.
Tom Bell
Tom Bell was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl III.
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C.
Tom Bell
Tom Bell was a British character actor known for his intense, gritty performances in film and television from the 1960s onward.
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D.
Leon Rose
Leon Rose is an American sports executive and former player agent who serves as the president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks in the NBA.
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E.
Arnie Becker
Arnie Becker is a charismatic, womanizing divorce attorney known for his flashy lifestyle and moral ambiguity on the television series "L.A. Law."
- 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: Jan Hammer Target entity description: Jan Hammer is a Czech-American keyboardist and composer best known for his pioneering fusion work and for composing the iconic Miami Vice television soundtrack.
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A.
Brian Dunkleman
Brian Dunkleman is an American comedian, actor, and television personality best known for co-hosting the first season of the reality singing competition "American Idol."
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B.
Tom Bell
Tom Bell was an American football official best known for serving as the referee in Super Bowl III.
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C.
Tom Bell
Tom Bell was a British character actor known for his intense, gritty performances in film and television from the 1960s onward.
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D.
Leon Rose
Leon Rose is an American sports executive and former player agent who serves as the president of basketball operations for the New York Knicks in the NBA.
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E.
Arnie Becker
Arnie Becker is a charismatic, womanizing divorce attorney known for his flashy lifestyle and moral ambiguity on the television series "L.A. Law."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ record producer ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Jan Hammer ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Czech Republic
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United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Al Di Meola
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Billy Cobham ⓘ Jeff Beck ⓘ John McLaughlin ⓘ Mick Jagger ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-04-17 ⓘ |
| familyName | Hammer ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
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film score ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ rock ⓘ television score ⓘ |
| givenName | Jan ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
composing the Miami Vice television soundtrack
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pioneering jazz fusion keyboard work ⓘ |
| language |
Czech
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mahavishnu Orchestra ⓘ |
| name | Jan Hammer ⓘ |
| nationality | Czech-American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Crockett's Theme
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Miami Vice (television soundtrack) ⓘ
linked to:
Miami Vice
Miami Vice Theme ⓘ
linked to:
Miami Vice
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| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ music arranger ⓘ record producer ⓘ television composer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Prague ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| style | synthesizer lead emulating guitar ⓘ |
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: Jan Hammer Description of subject: Jan Hammer is a Czech-American keyboardist and composer best known for his pioneering fusion work and for composing the iconic Miami Vice television soundtrack.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.