James McAlister
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James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James McAlister canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5616827 — 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: James McAlister Context triple: [Sufjan Stevens, collaboratedWith, James McAlister]
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A.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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B.
Hugh McDevitt
Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
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C.
Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
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D.
Stephen McFeely
Stephen McFeely is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several major Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Captain America trilogy and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
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E.
Paul Ferroll
Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
- 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: James McAlister Target entity description: James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
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A.
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
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B.
Hugh McDevitt
Hugh McDevitt is an immunologist renowned for his pioneering work on the genetic control of the immune response and the role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in disease susceptibility.
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C.
Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland is a former English central defender best known for his key role in Derby County’s successful teams of the late 1960s and 1970s and for earning numerous caps for the England national team.
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D.
Stephen McFeely
Stephen McFeely is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing several major Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Captain America trilogy and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame.
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E.
Paul Ferroll
Paul Ferroll is a mid-19th-century psychological crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its early and unconventional portrayal of a seemingly respectable man who has committed murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
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human ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bryce Dessner
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Casey Foubert ⓘ Damien Jurado ⓘ Danielson Famile (as a contributor) ⓘ David Bazan ⓘ Nico Muhly ⓘ Pedro the Lion (as a contributor) ⓘ
linked to:
Pedro the Lion
Richard Swift ⓘ Rocky Votolato ⓘ St. Vincent (as a collaborator) ⓘ
linked to:
St. Vincent
Sufjan Stevens ⓘ The National (as a collaborator) ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental music
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indie music ⓘ music production ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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electronic music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ indie folk ⓘ indie rock ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
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electronics ⓘ keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
combining acoustic drums with electronic textures
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frequent collaborations with Sufjan Stevens ⓘ live performances with Sufjan Stevens ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Delighted People (as a contributor)
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Aporia (as a contributor) ⓘ Carrie & Lowell Live ⓘ Illinois (as a contributor) ⓘ Michigan (as a contributor) ⓘ Planetarium ⓘ Run Rabbit Run (as a contributor) ⓘ
linked to:
Run Rabbit Run
Seven Swans (as a contributor) ⓘ Silver & Gold (as a contributor) ⓘ
linked to:
Silver & Gold
Songs for Christmas (as a contributor) ⓘ The Age of Adz (as a contributor) ⓘ
linked to:
The Age of Adz
The Ascension (as a contributor) ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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drummer ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
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: James McAlister Description of subject: James McAlister is an American drummer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work in indie and experimental music, including frequent collaborations with artists like Sufjan Stevens.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.