Theodore Shaw Wilson
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Theodore Shaw Wilson, better known as Teddy Wilson, was an influential American jazz pianist celebrated for his elegant swing-era style and collaborations with artists like Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theodore Shaw Wilson canonical | 2 |
| Theodore Wilson Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6587092 — 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: Theodore Shaw Wilson Context triple: [Teddy Wilson, birthName, Theodore Shaw Wilson]
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A.
Louis D. Wilson
Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
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B.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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C.
John H. Wilson
John H. Wilson was a business partner in the Wilson Brothers & Company firm, likely involved in its management and commercial operations.
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D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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E.
Theodore A. Welton
Theodore A. Welton was a physicist best known for co-formulating the fluctuation–dissipation theorem, a fundamental result in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
- 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: Theodore Shaw Wilson Target entity description: Theodore Shaw Wilson, better known as Teddy Wilson, was an influential American jazz pianist celebrated for his elegant swing-era style and collaborations with artists like Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.
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A.
Louis D. Wilson
Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
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B.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
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C.
John H. Wilson
John H. Wilson was a business partner in the Wilson Brothers & Company firm, likely involved in its management and commercial operations.
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D.
Thomas F. Wilson
Thomas F. Wilson is an American actor and comedian best known for playing bully Biff Tannen and his relatives across the Back to the Future film trilogy.
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E.
Theodore A. Welton
Theodore A. Welton was a physicist best known for co-formulating the fluctuation–dissipation theorem, a fundamental result in statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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human ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Benny Goodman
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Benny Goodman Quartet ⓘ Benny Goodman Trio ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Gene Krupa ⓘ Lionel Hampton ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1912-11-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Austin, Texas, United States ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Benny Carter
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Benny Goodman ⓘ Billie Holiday ⓘ Lester Young ⓘ Roy Eldridge ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1986-07-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New Britain, Connecticut, United States
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linked to:
New Britain, Connecticut
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| employer | Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Wilson ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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swing music ⓘ |
| givenName | Theodore ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| movement | swing era ⓘ |
| name | Theodore Shaw Wilson ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first black musicians to perform regularly in public with a prominent integrated jazz group
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elegant swing-era piano style ⓘ light touch and refined phrasing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
performances with the Benny Goodman Trio
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recordings with Billie Holiday in the 1930s ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Brunswick Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| spouse |
Irving Mills (note: incorrect, no reliable spouse data known)
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linked to:
Irving Mills
|
| stageName | Teddy Wilson ⓘ |
| style |
economical, melodic improvisation
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smooth, lyrical piano playing ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Juilliard School ⓘ |
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: Theodore Shaw Wilson Description of subject: Theodore Shaw Wilson, better known as Teddy Wilson, was an influential American jazz pianist celebrated for his elegant swing-era style and collaborations with artists like Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Theodore Shaw Wilson