Harry James
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Harry James was a renowned American jazz trumpeter and bandleader celebrated for his virtuosic playing and popularity during the big band era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harry James canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5787469 — 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: Harry James Context triple: [Benny Goodman Orchestra, notableMember, Harry James]
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A.
Harry Bruce
Harry Bruce was an Australian politician and public figure after whom Queensland’s major Bruce Highway is named.
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B.
Hal James
Hal James was a theatrical producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha."
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C.
Harrison James
Harrison James is a prominent Canadian ballet dancer recognized for his leading performances with the National Ballet of Canada.
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D.
James Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and was previously the long-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair.
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E.
Frank Dukes
Frank Dukes is a Canadian record producer and songwriter known for his influential sample libraries and work with major hip-hop and R&B artists.
- 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: Harry James Target entity description: Harry James was a renowned American jazz trumpeter and bandleader celebrated for his virtuosic playing and popularity during the big band era.
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A.
Harry Bruce
Harry Bruce was an Australian politician and public figure after whom Queensland’s major Bruce Highway is named.
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B.
Hal James
Hal James was a theatrical producer best known for his work on the acclaimed Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha."
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C.
Harrison James
Harrison James is a prominent Canadian ballet dancer recognized for his leading performances with the National Ballet of Canada.
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D.
James Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and was previously the long-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair.
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E.
Frank Dukes
Frank Dukes is a Canadian record producer and songwriter known for his influential sample libraries and work with major hip-hop and R&B artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Betty Grable NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bunkers Eden Vale Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lymphoma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-03-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-07-05 ⓘ |
| employer | Benny Goodman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American of Greek descent ⓘ |
| familyName | James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Harry James and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| memberOf | Benny Goodman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | major popularity during the big band era ⓘ |
| notableEvent | led one of the most popular swing bands of the 1940s ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
lyrical ballad playing
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virtuosic trumpet technique ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ciribiribin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Had the Craziest Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Trumpet Blues and Cantabile NERFINISHED ⓘ You Made Me Love You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
trumpeter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Albany, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ MGM Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Betty Grable
NERFINISHED
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Louise Tobin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
romantic ballads
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swing ⓘ |
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: Harry James Description of subject: Harry James was a renowned American jazz trumpeter and bandleader celebrated for his virtuosic playing and popularity during the big band era.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.