Dave Mason
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Dave Mason is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Traffic and for his solo hit "We Just Disagree."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Mason canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7198484 — 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: Dave Mason Context triple: [Derek and the Dominos, hasMember, Dave Mason]
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A.
Steve Howe
Steve Howe is an English guitarist best known as the longtime lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes and a founding member of the supergroup Asia.
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B.
Leslie West
Leslie West was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Mountain and for his influential heavy blues-rock playing style.
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C.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
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D.
Lyle Mays
Lyle Mays was an American jazz pianist, composer, and longtime collaborator of Pat Metheny, renowned for his sophisticated harmonies and influential work in contemporary jazz.
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E.
Roger Hodgson
Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
- 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: Dave Mason Target entity description: Dave Mason is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Traffic and for his solo hit "We Just Disagree."
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A.
Steve Howe
Steve Howe is an English guitarist best known as the longtime lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes and a founding member of the supergroup Asia.
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B.
Leslie West
Leslie West was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the band Mountain and for his influential heavy blues-rock playing style.
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C.
Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley is an Australian bassist and songwriter best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne and numerous other hard rock and heavy metal acts.
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D.
Lyle Mays
Lyle Mays was an American jazz pianist, composer, and longtime collaborator of Pat Metheny, renowned for his sophisticated harmonies and influential work in contemporary jazz.
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E.
Roger Hodgson
Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Chris Wood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fleetwood Mac NERFINISHED ⓘ George Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Capaldi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoebe Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Winwood NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spencer Davis Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Traffic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Traffic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
recording arts ⓘ songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Dave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSoloCareer | true ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
being a founding member of Traffic
ⓘ
his solo hit We Just Disagree ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Fleetwood Mac
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Traffic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Dave Mason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alone Together
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Feelin' Alright? NERFINISHED ⓘ Let It Flow NERFINISHED ⓘ Only You Know and I Know NERFINISHED ⓘ We Just Disagree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| roleInBand | founding member of Traffic ⓘ |
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: Dave Mason Description of subject: Dave Mason is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of Traffic and for his solo hit "We Just Disagree."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tommy LiPuma