Getz
E618705
Getz is a surname most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Getz canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6759861 — 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: Getz Context triple: [Stan Getz, familyName, Getz]
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A.
Wallesau
Wallesau is a village-level subdivision of the town of Roth in the Bavarian region of Germany.
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B.
Goelet
Goelet is a prominent American family name historically associated with wealthy New York real estate and social prominence in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Mompeo
Mompeo is a small Italian municipality in the Lazio region, known for its historic hilltop setting and scenic views within the Province of Rieti.
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D.
Wacha
Wacha is an Indian surname most notably associated with Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, a prominent early 20th-century political leader and member of the Indian National Congress.
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E.
De Barra
De Barra is a variant form of the name Barra, typically used as a surname or family name in Irish and Scottish contexts.
- 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: Getz Target entity description: Getz is a surname most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz.
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A.
Wallesau
Wallesau is a village-level subdivision of the town of Roth in the Bavarian region of Germany.
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B.
Goelet
Goelet is a prominent American family name historically associated with wealthy New York real estate and social prominence in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Mompeo
Mompeo is a small Italian municipality in the Lazio region, known for its historic hilltop setting and scenic views within the Province of Rieti.
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D.
Wacha
Wacha is an Indian surname most notably associated with Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, a prominent early 20th-century political leader and member of the Indian National Congress.
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E.
De Barra
De Barra is a variant form of the name Barra, typically used as a surname or family name in Irish and Scottish contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jazz saxophonist ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Astrud Gilberto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bossa nova NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie Byrd NERFINISHED ⓘ João Gilberto NERFINISHED ⓘ Woody Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Stanley Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1927-02-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1991-06-06 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Stan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin |
German
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Stan Getz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanley Getz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf | Woody Herman Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableRecording | The Girl from Ipanema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Getz/Gilberto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jazz Samba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
jazz musician
ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Malibu, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Concord Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Prestige Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Roost Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| style |
bossa nova
ⓘ
cool jazz 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: Getz Description of subject: Getz is a surname most famously associated with American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.