Pres
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Pres was the nickname of Lester Young, the influential American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his cool tone and innovative, lyrical improvisational style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5193021 — 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: Pres Context triple: [Lester Young, nickname, Pres]
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Pre
Pre is the famous nickname of Steve Prefontaine, the iconic American middle- and long-distance runner known for his aggressive racing style and role in popularizing running in the 1970s.
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Ps
Ps is the standard abbreviation for Adobe Photoshop, a widely used professional image editing and graphic design software application.
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PS
PS (PostScript) is a page description language and vector graphics format commonly used for high-quality printing and document rendering.
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PS
PS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Finns Party, a nationalist and populist political party in Finland.
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PS
PS is the post-nominal abbreviation used in India to denote recipients of the Padma Shri, one of the country’s highest civilian honors.
- 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: Pres Target entity description: Pres was the nickname of Lester Young, the influential American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his cool tone and innovative, lyrical improvisational style.
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A.
Pre
Pre is the famous nickname of Steve Prefontaine, the iconic American middle- and long-distance runner known for his aggressive racing style and role in popularizing running in the 1970s.
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B.
Ps
Ps is the standard abbreviation for Adobe Photoshop, a widely used professional image editing and graphic design software application.
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C.
PS
PS (PostScript) is a page description language and vector graphics format commonly used for high-quality printing and document rendering.
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D.
PS
PS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Finns Party, a nationalist and populist political party in Finland.
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E.
PS
PS is the post-nominal abbreviation used in India to denote recipients of the Padma Shri, one of the country’s highest civilian honors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ nickname ⓘ tenor saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1959 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pres
NERFINISHED
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Prez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Billie Holiday
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1909-08-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Woodville, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Billie Holiday
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1959-03-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Lester Willis Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
cool jazz
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ |
| givenName | Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charlie Parker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stan Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoot Sims NERFINISHED ⓘ modern jazz saxophonists ⓘ |
| instrument |
clarinet
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tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf | Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Kansas City jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknameGivenBy | Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknameOf | Lester Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cool tone on tenor saxophone
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influence on modern jazz phrasing ⓘ lyrical improvisational style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lester Leaps In
NERFINISHED
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Shoe Shine Boy NERFINISHED ⓘ Taxi War Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
composer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Aladdin Records
NERFINISHED
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Commodore Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
light, airy saxophone tone
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relaxed, behind-the-beat phrasing ⓘ use of sophisticated harmony in improvisation ⓘ |
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: Pres Description of subject: Pres was the nickname of Lester Young, the influential American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his cool tone and innovative, lyrical improvisational style.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.