Harold Reid
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Harold Reid was an American bass singer best known as a founding member of the country and gospel vocal group The Statler Brothers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold Reid canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4722669 — 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: Harold Reid Context triple: [The Statler Brothers, member, Harold Reid]
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A.
Harold Hamilton
Harold Hamilton is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hamilton, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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B.
Harold Owen
Harold Owen was the younger brother and later biographer of World War I poet Wilfred Owen, known for preserving and promoting his brother’s literary legacy.
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C.
Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 20th century.
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D.
Harold Stanley
Harold Stanley was an American investment banker best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley.
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E.
Earl Hurd
Earl Hurd was an American animator, director, and writer best known as a pioneer of cel animation and an influential early figure in the development of animated films.
- 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: Harold Reid Target entity description: Harold Reid was an American bass singer best known as a founding member of the country and gospel vocal group The Statler Brothers.
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A.
Harold Hamilton
Harold Hamilton is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Hamilton, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly established.
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B.
Harold Owen
Harold Owen was the younger brother and later biographer of World War I poet Wilfred Owen, known for preserving and promoting his brother’s literary legacy.
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C.
Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 20th century.
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D.
Harold Stanley
Harold Stanley was an American investment banker best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley.
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E.
Earl Hurd
Earl Hurd was an American animator, director, and writer best known as a pioneer of cel animation and an influential early figure in the development of animated films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Johnny Cash ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Country Music Association Award
ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | kidney failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-08-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-04-24 ⓘ |
| familyName | Reid ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
country music performance
ⓘ
gospel music performance ⓘ |
| genre |
country music
ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| hasPart | comedic monologues in Statler Brothers shows ⓘ |
| influenced | country gospel quartets ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees (as part of The Statler Brothers)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers ⓘ |
| musicalEnsembleRole | bass vocalist ⓘ |
| name | Harold Reid ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | being bass singer of The Statler Brothers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bed of Rose’s (as member of The Statler Brothers)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Statler Brothers
Flowers on the Wall (as member of The Statler Brothers) ⓘ
linked to:
The Statler Brothers
|
| occupation |
singer
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | American country music history ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Staunton, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Staunton, Virginia
|
| placeOfDeath |
Staunton, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Staunton, Virginia
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| positionInGroup | founding member of The Statler Brothers ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Staunton, Virginia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Staunton, Virginia
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| sibling | Don Reid ⓘ |
| touringPartner | Johnny Cash ⓘ |
| vocalType | bass singer ⓘ |
| voiceType | bass ⓘ |
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: Harold Reid Description of subject: Harold Reid was an American bass singer best known as a founding member of the country and gospel vocal group The Statler Brothers.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.