Jerry Nolan
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Jerry Nolan was an American rock drummer best known for his work with the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, where his energetic, hard-hitting style helped define the sound of 1970s punk rock.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerry Nolan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5144906 — 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: Jerry Nolan Context triple: [The Heartbreakers, hasMember, Jerry Nolan]
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A.
Lou Jacobi
Lou Jacobi was a Canadian-born character actor known for his comedic roles in film, television, and theater, particularly in mid-20th-century Hollywood and Broadway productions.
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B.
Dennis Crosby
Dennis Crosby was an American singer and actor best known as one of Bing Crosby’s sons who performed with his brothers as part of the Crosby family entertainment legacy.
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C.
Johnny Nolan
Johnny Nolan is a fictional Irish-American dreamer and struggling father from Betty Smith’s classic novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
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D.
Dan Rydell
Dan Rydell is a charismatic, quick-witted sports anchor and one of the central protagonists on the television series "Sports Night."
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E.
Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin is an American film producer known for his frequent collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on acclaimed movies such as Black Swan and The Wrestler.
- 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: Jerry Nolan Target entity description: Jerry Nolan was an American rock drummer best known for his work with the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, where his energetic, hard-hitting style helped define the sound of 1970s punk rock.
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A.
Lou Jacobi
Lou Jacobi was a Canadian-born character actor known for his comedic roles in film, television, and theater, particularly in mid-20th-century Hollywood and Broadway productions.
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B.
Dennis Crosby
Dennis Crosby was an American singer and actor best known as one of Bing Crosby’s sons who performed with his brothers as part of the Crosby family entertainment legacy.
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C.
Johnny Nolan
Johnny Nolan is a fictional Irish-American dreamer and struggling father from Betty Smith’s classic novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
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D.
Dan Rydell
Dan Rydell is a charismatic, quick-witted sports anchor and one of the central protagonists on the television series "Sports Night."
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E.
Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin is an American film producer known for his frequent collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on acclaimed movies such as Black Swan and The Wrestler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1992 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Johnny Thunders
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers NERFINISHED ⓘ New York Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ The Idols NERFINISHED ⓘ The Profilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Gerard Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-05-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1992-01-14 ⓘ |
| familyName | Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
glam rock
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punk rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| givenName | Gerard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | sound of 1970s punk rock ⓘ |
| influenced | later punk drummers ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
New York Dolls
NERFINISHED
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The Heartbreakers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Idols NERFINISHED ⓘ The Profilers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | 1970s punk rock ⓘ |
| name | Jerry Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
L.A.M.F. (album)
NERFINISHED
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New York Dolls (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Too Much Too Soon (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| recordLabel |
Mercury Records
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Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Track Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| style |
energetic drumming
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hard-hitting drumming ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jerry Nolan Description of subject: Jerry Nolan was an American rock drummer best known for his work with the New York Dolls and the Heartbreakers, where his energetic, hard-hitting style helped define the sound of 1970s punk rock.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
New York Dolls