Oliver Wakeman
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Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oliver Wakeman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5691915 — 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: Oliver Wakeman Context triple: [Yes, hasMember, Oliver Wakeman]
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A.
Carl Palmer
Carl Palmer is an English rock drummer best known for his work with the progressive rock bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia.
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B.
Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his virtuosic work with the progressive rock band Yes and his elaborate solo concept albums.
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C.
Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis during their classic 1970s era and for his subsequent solo career.
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D.
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland is a British-American photographer, polar explorer, and environmental activist known for his expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and his work raising awareness about climate change.
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E.
Frank Halford
Frank Halford was a British aircraft engine designer renowned for creating several influential piston and early jet engines that powered many World War II and postwar aircraft.
- 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: Oliver Wakeman Target entity description: Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
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A.
Carl Palmer
Carl Palmer is an English rock drummer best known for his work with the progressive rock bands Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia.
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B.
Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his virtuosic work with the progressive rock band Yes and his elaborate solo concept albums.
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C.
Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis during their classic 1970s era and for his subsequent solo career.
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D.
Sebastian Copeland
Sebastian Copeland is a British-American photographer, polar explorer, and environmental activist known for his expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and his work raising awareness about climate change.
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E.
Frank Halford
Frank Halford was a British aircraft engine designer renowned for creating several influential piston and early jet engines that powered many World War II and postwar aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ progressive rock musician ⓘ |
| activeIn |
21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Ayreon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clive Nolan NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Giltrap NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBand |
Strawbs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Clive Nolan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon Giltrap NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Rick Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
progressive rock composition ⓘ |
| genre |
progressive rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
studio musician
ⓘ
touring musician for Yes ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
ⓘ
piano ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Oliver Wakeman Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Strawbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Oliver Wakeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Jabberwocky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mother’s Ruin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravens & Lullabies NERFINISHED ⓘ The 3 Ages of Magick NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hound of the Baskervilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the son of Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman
ⓘ
performing with the progressive rock band Yes ⓘ |
| notableWork | work with the band Yes ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
keyboardist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| relative | Rick Wakeman 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: Oliver Wakeman Description of subject: Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.