Dewey Martin
E500058
Dewey Martin was a Canadian drummer best known for his work with the influential 1960s rock band Buffalo Springfield.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dewey Martin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5178402 — 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: Dewey Martin Context triple: [Buffalo Springfield, notableMember, Dewey Martin]
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A.
Bill DeRonde
Bill DeRonde is a film editor best known for his work on the cult action film "The Boondock Saints."
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B.
Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter was an American character actor known for his eccentric, heartfelt performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like The Green Mile, Evening Shade, and Sesame Street.
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C.
Duane Starks
Duane Starks is a former NFL cornerback best known for his playmaking role in the Baltimore Ravens’ dominant early-2000s defense and his key interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXV.
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D.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
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E.
Derrick Sherwin
Derrick Sherwin was a British television producer, script editor, and writer best known for his influential work on the classic science fiction series Doctor Who during the late 1960s.
- 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: Dewey Martin Target entity description: Dewey Martin was a Canadian drummer best known for his work with the influential 1960s rock band Buffalo Springfield.
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A.
Bill DeRonde
Bill DeRonde is a film editor best known for his work on the cult action film "The Boondock Saints."
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B.
Michael Jeter
Michael Jeter was an American character actor known for his eccentric, heartfelt performances in film, television, and theater, including notable roles in projects like The Green Mile, Evening Shade, and Sesame Street.
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C.
Duane Starks
Duane Starks is a former NFL cornerback best known for his playmaking role in the Baltimore Ravens’ dominant early-2000s defense and his key interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXV.
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D.
Roy Tarpley
Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.
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E.
Derrick Sherwin
Derrick Sherwin was a British television producer, script editor, and writer best known for his influential work on the classic science fiction series Doctor Who during the late 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Buffalo Springfield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir Raleigh & The Cupons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dillards NERFINISHED ⓘ The Standells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills (reported) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-09-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-01-31 ⓘ |
| era | 1960s rock ⓘ |
| formedBand |
Blue Mountain Eagle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Buffalo Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | country rock ⓘ |
| instrument | drums ⓘ |
| memberOf | Buffalo Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Dewey Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being drummer for Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentSetup | Ludwig drum kit (1960s) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformance |
For What It’s Worth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mr. Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock and Roll Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Buffalo Springfield (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chesterville, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Van Nuys, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atco Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
|
| spouse | Marilyn Martin (divorced) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalContribution |
Good Time Boy
NERFINISHED
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In the Hour of Not Quite Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bruce Palmer
NERFINISHED
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Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Richie Furay NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Stills 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: Dewey Martin Description of subject: Dewey Martin was a Canadian drummer best known for his work with the influential 1960s rock band Buffalo Springfield.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.