Mathis James Reed
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Mathis James Reed, better known as Jimmy Reed, was an influential American blues musician whose laid-back vocal style and harmonica-driven songs helped shape electric blues and early rock and roll.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mathis James Reed canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7334816 — 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: Mathis James Reed Context triple: [Jimmy Reed, birthName, Mathis James Reed]
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A.
Antonio Marquis Reid
Antonio Marquis Reid, better known as L.A. Reid, is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter who has played a major role in shaping contemporary R&B and pop music.
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B.
Charles Duncan O’Neal
Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
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C.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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D.
Michael Eric Reid
Michael Eric Reid is an American actor best known for playing the eccentric student Sinjin Van Cleef on the Nickelodeon television series "Victorious."
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E.
Carlos Greene
Carlos Greene is a singer best known as the lead vocalist of the musical group Two Occasions.
- 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: Mathis James Reed Target entity description: Mathis James Reed, better known as Jimmy Reed, was an influential American blues musician whose laid-back vocal style and harmonica-driven songs helped shape electric blues and early rock and roll.
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A.
Antonio Marquis Reid
Antonio Marquis Reid, better known as L.A. Reid, is an American record executive, producer, and songwriter who has played a major role in shaping contemporary R&B and pop music.
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B.
Charles Duncan O’Neal
Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
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C.
Dante Terrell Smith
Dante Terrell Smith is an American rapper, actor, and activist better known by his stage name Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey), acclaimed for his influential work in hip-hop and film.
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D.
Michael Eric Reid
Michael Eric Reid is an American actor best known for playing the eccentric student Sinjin Van Cleef on the Nickelodeon television series "Victorious."
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E.
Carlos Greene
Carlos Greene is a singer best known as the lead vocalist of the musical group Two Occasions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues musician
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harmonica player ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1925-09-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dunleith, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | epileptic seizure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1976-08-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
NERFINISHED
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blues ⓘ electric blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Mathis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honor |
inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame
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inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
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Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yardbirds NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
blues rock
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rock and roll ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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harmonica ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf | Vee-Jay Records roster ⓘ |
| movement |
early rock and roll
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electric blues ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Baby What You Want Me to Do
NERFINISHED
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Big Boss Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Bright Lights, Big City NERFINISHED ⓘ Honest I Do NERFINISHED ⓘ You Don’t Have to Go NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Vee-Jay Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Lee Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Jimmy Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
harmonica-driven songs
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laid-back vocal delivery ⓘ |
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: Mathis James Reed Description of subject: Mathis James Reed, better known as Jimmy Reed, was an influential American blues musician whose laid-back vocal style and harmonica-driven songs helped shape electric blues and early rock and roll.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.