David Cole – producer
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David Cole was an influential American record producer and one half of the dance-music duo Clivillés & Cole, best known for his work with C+C Music Factory and numerous pop and dance artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Cole – producer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6283648 — 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)
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Target entity: David Cole – producer Context triple: [Clivillés & Cole, hasMemberRole, David Cole – producer]
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A.
Lyor Cohen
Lyor Cohen is a prominent music industry executive known for his influential leadership at major hip-hop labels and his role in shaping the careers of numerous rap and R&B artists.
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B.
Raymond Hood
Raymond Hood was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for his influential skyscraper designs and contributions to the Art Deco style.
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C.
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid is a Grammy-winning American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his work with artists across indie, pop, and alternative music.
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D.
Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna was an American comedian, actor, and musician best known for his wild-eyed persona and frequent collaborations with Bob Hope in radio, film, and television.
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E.
Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon is an American guitarist, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer known for his sophisticated pop and jazz fusion work with artists such as Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, and Airplay.
- 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: David Cole – producer Target entity description: David Cole was an influential American record producer and one half of the dance-music duo Clivillés & Cole, best known for his work with C+C Music Factory and numerous pop and dance artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Lyor Cohen
Lyor Cohen is a prominent music industry executive known for his influential leadership at major hip-hop labels and his role in shaping the careers of numerous rap and R&B artists.
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B.
Raymond Hood
Raymond Hood was a prominent early 20th-century American architect known for his influential skyscraper designs and contributions to the Art Deco style.
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C.
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid is a Grammy-winning American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his work with artists across indie, pop, and alternative music.
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D.
Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna was an American comedian, actor, and musician best known for his wild-eyed persona and frequent collaborations with Bob Hope in radio, film, and television.
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E.
Jay Graydon
Jay Graydon is an American guitarist, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer known for his sophisticated pop and jazz fusion work with artists such as Steely Dan, Al Jarreau, and Airplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ remixer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndTime | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Aretha Franklin
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C+C Music Factory ⓘ Chaka Khan ⓘ Clivillés & Cole ⓘ Clivillés & Cole (production team) ⓘ Debbie Gibson ⓘ Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam ⓘ Mariah Carey ⓘ Michael Jackson ⓘ Robert Clivillés ⓘ Seduction ⓘ Whitney Houston ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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dance music ⓘ house music ⓘ pop music ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
house-influenced pop
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mainstream dance-pop ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a key creative force behind C+C Music Factory
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being one half of Clivillés & Cole ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
C+C Music Factory
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Clivillés & Cole ⓘ |
| notableFor | influential work in late 1980s and early 1990s dance music ⓘ |
| notableWork |
C+C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
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linked to:
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
production and songwriting for C+C Music Factory ⓘ remixes for major pop and dance artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ remixer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | New York dance-music scene ⓘ |
| workedAs |
producer for dance artists
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producer for pop artists ⓘ |
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: David Cole – producer Description of subject: David Cole was an influential American record producer and one half of the dance-music duo Clivillés & Cole, best known for his work with C+C Music Factory and numerous pop and dance artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.