Nigel Harrison
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Nigel Harrison is an English bassist best known for his work with the new wave band Blondie during their late-1970s and early-1980s peak.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nigel Harrison canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5255314 — 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: Nigel Harrison Context triple: [Blondie, member, Nigel Harrison]
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A.
Nigel Birch
Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
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B.
Nigel Sinclair
Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
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C.
Nigel Powell
Nigel Powell is an English drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with acts like The Unbelievable Truth and Frank Turner, and for being an early member of the band that became Radiohead.
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D.
Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess is a British composer best known for his work on television, film, and theatre scores, including numerous BBC dramas and stage productions.
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E.
Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier was an English-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his dignified, often religious or mystical roles in Hollywood epics.
- 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: Nigel Harrison Target entity description: Nigel Harrison is an English bassist best known for his work with the new wave band Blondie during their late-1970s and early-1980s peak.
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A.
Nigel Birch
Nigel Birch was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including roles in economic and defense-related departments.
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B.
Nigel Sinclair
Nigel Sinclair is a British film producer known for his work on acclaimed documentaries and feature films, including collaborations on major music and historical projects.
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C.
Nigel Powell
Nigel Powell is an English drummer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with acts like The Unbelievable Truth and Frank Turner, and for being an early member of the band that became Radiohead.
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D.
Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess is a British composer best known for his work on television, film, and theatre scores, including numerous BBC dramas and stage productions.
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E.
Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier was an English-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his dignified, often religious or mystical roles in Hollywood epics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | new wave music scene ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
live performance
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Blondie studio recordings ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band member
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being bassist for Blondie during their commercial peak ⓘ |
| notableWork |
work with Blondie in the early 1980s
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work with Blondie in the late 1970s ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | bass player in Blondie ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Nigel Harrison Description of subject: Nigel Harrison is an English bassist best known for his work with the new wave band Blondie during their late-1970s and early-1980s peak.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.