Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist
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Mike Gordon is an American musician best known as the bassist and occasional vocalist for the improvisational rock band Phish.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mike Gordon (solo) | 1 |
| Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5921138 — 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: Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist Context triple: [Phish, hasMemberRole, Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist]
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A.
Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament is an American bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Pearl Jam and for his earlier work in the Seattle grunge scene.
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B.
Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore is an American musician best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
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C.
Tony Levin
Tony Levin is an American bassist and Chapman Stick virtuoso best known for his work with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and numerous other rock and progressive artists.
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D.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
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E.
Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- 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: Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist Target entity description: Mike Gordon is an American musician best known as the bassist and occasional vocalist for the improvisational rock band Phish.
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A.
Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament is an American bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Pearl Jam and for his earlier work in the Seattle grunge scene.
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B.
Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore is an American musician best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
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C.
Tony Levin
Tony Levin is an American bassist and Chapman Stick virtuoso best known for his work with King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, and numerous other rock and progressive artists.
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D.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
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E.
Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
ⓘ
film director ⓘ filmmaker ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Grateful Dead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leo Kottke NERFINISHED ⓘ Phish NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramble Dove NERFINISHED ⓘ The Benevento/Russo Duo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Michael Eliot Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-06-03 ⓘ |
| education | University of Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
improvisational rock
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jam band ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://mike-gordon.com ⓘ |
| instrument |
banjo
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf | Phish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mike Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Inside In
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ OGOGO NERFINISHED ⓘ Outside Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Overstep NERFINISHED ⓘ Phish NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising Low NERFINISHED ⓘ The Green Sparrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
film director ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
bassist of Phish
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vocalist of Phish ⓘ |
| residence | Burlington, Vermont, United States 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: Mike Gordon – bassist and vocalist Description of subject: Mike Gordon is an American musician best known as the bassist and occasional vocalist for the improvisational rock band Phish.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mike Gordon (solo)