Glen Phillips
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Glen Phillips is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket and for his extensive solo work and collaborations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glen Phillips canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7726998 — 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: Glen Phillips Context triple: [Sean Watkins, associatedAct, Glen Phillips]
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A.
Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
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B.
Joey Santiago
Joey Santiago is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
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C.
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman and primary songwriter of the influential alternative rock band The Replacements.
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D.
Sid Phillips
Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
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E.
Chad Danforth
Chad Danforth is a fun-loving, basketball-obsessed best friend of Troy Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical franchise, known for his energetic personality and loyalty.
- 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: Glen Phillips Target entity description: Glen Phillips is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket and for his extensive solo work and collaborations.
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A.
Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire.
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B.
Joey Santiago
Joey Santiago is an American guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band Pixies.
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C.
Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman and primary songwriter of the influential alternative rock band The Replacements.
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D.
Sid Phillips
Sid Phillips is the sadistic, toy-destroying neighborhood bully who serves as the primary human antagonist in Pixar's original Toy Story film.
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E.
Chad Danforth
Chad Danforth is a fun-loving, basketball-obsessed best friend of Troy Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical franchise, known for his energetic personality and loyalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | United States music scene ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
John Paul Jones
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Loudon Wainwright III ⓘ Mutual Admiration Society ⓘ Nickel Creek ⓘ Sam Phillips ⓘ Sara Watkins ⓘ Sean Watkins ⓘ Toad the Wet Sprocket ⓘ Works Progress Administration ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName | Phillips ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
live performance
ⓘ
music ⓘ songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| givenName | Glen ⓘ |
| hasCollaborativeProjects | true ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole |
composer
ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ vocal performer ⓘ |
| hasNotableBand | Toad the Wet Sprocket ⓘ |
| hasPartInDiscography |
albums with Toad the Wet Sprocket
ⓘ
solo studio albums ⓘ |
| hasSoloCareer | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with other artists
ⓘ
extensive solo work ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Toad the Wet Sprocket ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
introspective singer-songwriter
ⓘ
melodic alternative rock ⓘ |
| name | Glen Phillips ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | 1990s alternative rock scene ⓘ |
| notableWork | lead vocalist of Toad the Wet Sprocket ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | guitar ⓘ |
| vocalRole | lead vocalist of Toad the Wet Sprocket ⓘ |
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: Glen Phillips Description of subject: Glen Phillips is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket and for his extensive solo work and collaborations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.