Garry Shider
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Garry Shider was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and his influential role in shaping the P-Funk sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Garry Shider canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5627280 — 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: Garry Shider Context triple: [So Many Tears, writer, Garry Shider]
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A.
Garry Kief
Garry Kief is an American television producer and longtime manager of singer Barry Manilow.
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B.
Ray Shostak
Ray Shostak is a British public policy and performance management expert known for his leadership roles in government, including directing initiatives to improve public service delivery.
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C.
Mike Sokolsky
Mike Sokolsky is a co-founder of the online education platform Udacity, known for its technology-focused courses and nanodegree programs.
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D.
Max Zaritsky
Max Zaritsky was an American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
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E.
Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
- 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: Garry Shider Target entity description: Garry Shider was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and his influential role in shaping the P-Funk sound.
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A.
Garry Kief
Garry Kief is an American television producer and longtime manager of singer Barry Manilow.
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B.
Ray Shostak
Ray Shostak is a British public policy and performance management expert known for his leadership roles in government, including directing initiatives to improve public service delivery.
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C.
Mike Sokolsky
Mike Sokolsky is a co-founder of the online education platform Udacity, known for its technology-focused courses and nanodegree programs.
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D.
Max Zaritsky
Max Zaritsky was an American labor leader and union organizer who played a key role in the early development of industrial unionism in the United States.
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E.
Marc Mezvinsky
Marc Mezvinsky is an American investment banker best known as the husband of Chelsea Clinton and son-in-law of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bernie Worrell
NERFINISHED
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Bootsy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ George Clinton NERFINISHED ⓘ P-Funk All Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction (1997, as member of Parliament-Funkadelic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1953-07-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Plainfield, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2010-06-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Shider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Garry Marshall Shider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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funk ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | Garry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate stage costumes including a diaper
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shaping the P-Funk sound ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Funkadelic
NERFINISHED
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Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament-Funkadelic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | P-Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic ⓘ |
| notableRole |
bandleader in the P-Funk collective
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musical director for Parliament-Funkadelic ⓘ |
| notableSongwritingContribution | co-writing several Parliament-Funkadelic songs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chocolate City (as a member of Parliament)
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Cosmic Slop (as a member of Funkadelic) NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggot Brain (as a member of Funkadelic) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mothership Connection (as a member of Parliament) ⓘ One Nation Under a Groove (as a member of Funkadelic) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Casablanca Records
NERFINISHED
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Westbound Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. area, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Garry Shider Description of subject: Garry Shider was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic collective and his influential role in shaping the P-Funk sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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