Checker Records
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Checker Records was a prominent American blues and R&B record label, affiliated with Chess Records, that released influential recordings by artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Bo Diddley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Checker Records canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5628013 — 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: Checker Records Context triple: [First Time I Met the Blues, recordLabel, Checker Records]
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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C.
Maverick Records
Maverick Records is an American record label co-founded by Madonna in the early 1990s, known for signing influential pop and alternative artists.
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D.
Stretch Records
Stretch Records is a jazz-focused record label closely associated with pianist and composer Chick Corea, known for releasing innovative contemporary jazz and fusion recordings.
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E.
Bang Records
Bang Records was a 1960s American record label known for launching the early careers of artists like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison.
- 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: Checker Records Target entity description: Checker Records was a prominent American blues and R&B record label, affiliated with Chess Records, that released influential recordings by artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Bo Diddley.
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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C.
Maverick Records
Maverick Records is an American record label co-founded by Madonna in the early 1990s, known for signing influential pop and alternative artists.
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D.
Stretch Records
Stretch Records is a jazz-focused record label closely associated with pianist and composer Chick Corea, known for releasing innovative contemporary jazz and fusion recordings.
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E.
Bang Records
Bang Records was a 1960s American record label known for launching the early careers of artists like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues record label
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record label ⓘ rhythm and blues record label ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | Chicago blues ⓘ |
| basedIn | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Leonard Chess
NERFINISHED
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Phil Chess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| languageOfReleases | English ⓘ |
| locationCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationState | Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | subsidiary label for Chess Records ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Bo Diddley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elmore James NERFINISHED ⓘ Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowell Fulson NERFINISHED ⓘ Muddy Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Boy Williamson II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dells NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moonglows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
recordings by Bo Diddley
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recordings by Sonny Boy Williamson II ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Chess Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Chess Records group of labels ⓘ |
| product |
phonograph records
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vinyl records ⓘ |
| releasedRecordingBy |
Bo Diddley
NERFINISHED
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Elmore James NERFINISHED ⓘ Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowell Fulson NERFINISHED ⓘ Muddy Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Boy Williamson II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dells NERFINISHED ⓘ The Moonglows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specializedIn | singles ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subsidiaryLabelOf | Chess Records 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: Checker Records Description of subject: Checker Records was a prominent American blues and R&B record label, affiliated with Chess Records, that released influential recordings by artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Bo Diddley.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
First Time I Met the Blues
subject surface form:
Lowell Fulson