Steve Goodman
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Steve Goodman was an American folk singer-songwriter best known for penning "City of New Orleans" and for his deep musical ties to Chicago and the Chicago Cubs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Steve Goodman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6233318 — 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: Steve Goodman Context triple: [1983 MLB All-Star Game, nationalAnthemPerformer, Steve Goodman]
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A.
Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson was an American folk singer and songwriter best known for penning classic Disney songs, including "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book.
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B.
Jerry Goodman
Jerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for his pioneering electric violin work in jazz-rock and progressive rock, including his influential role in the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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C.
Steve Bloom
Steve Bloom is a film editor best known for his work on the Pixar animated feature "Turning Red."
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D.
Joe Morse
Joe Morse is the morally conflicted lawyer protagonist of the 1948 film noir "Force of Evil," whose involvement with racketeering drives the movie’s exploration of corruption and conscience.
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E.
Bill Kunkel
Bill Kunkel was an American Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher who officiated in several World Series during his career.
- 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: Steve Goodman Target entity description: Steve Goodman was an American folk singer-songwriter best known for penning "City of New Orleans" and for his deep musical ties to Chicago and the Chicago Cubs.
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A.
Terry Gilkyson
Terry Gilkyson was an American folk singer and songwriter best known for penning classic Disney songs, including "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book.
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B.
Jerry Goodman
Jerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for his pioneering electric violin work in jazz-rock and progressive rock, including his influential role in the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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C.
Steve Bloom
Steve Bloom is a film editor best known for his work on the Pixar animated feature "Turning Red."
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D.
Joe Morse
Joe Morse is the morally conflicted lawyer protagonist of the 1948 film noir "Force of Evil," whose involvement with racketeering drives the movie’s exploration of corruption and conscience.
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E.
Bill Kunkel
Bill Kunkel was an American Major League Baseball umpire and former pitcher who officiated in several World Series during his career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
ⓘ
folk musician ⓘ human ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1984 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chicago Cubs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Country Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Steven Benjamin Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-07-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-09-20 ⓘ |
| education | Lake Forest College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish American ⓘ |
| genre |
country music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ folk rock ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Rosanna Goodman
NERFINISHED
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Sarah Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ another daughter (name not widely publicized) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woody Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor | deep musical ties to Chicago and the Chicago Cubs ⓘ |
| name | Steve Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
NERFINISHED
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City of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ Go, Cubs, Go NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Asylum Records
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Budda Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Pajamas Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| songPopularizedBy |
Arlo Guthrie
NERFINISHED
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Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Nancy Pruter Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFeaturedOn | Arlo Guthrie recording of "City of New Orleans" ⓘ |
| wroteSong |
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City of New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ Go, Cubs, Go NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Steve Goodman Description of subject: Steve Goodman was an American folk singer-songwriter best known for penning "City of New Orleans" and for his deep musical ties to Chicago and the Chicago Cubs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.