Larry Shields
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Larry Shields was an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist best known for his work with the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Larry Shields canonical | 4 |
| Lawrence James Shields | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8177295 — 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: Larry Shields Context triple: [Shields, hasNotableBearer, Larry Shields]
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A.
Larry Shields
Larry Shields was a businessman best known for owning the Minnesota Muskies franchise in the American Basketball Association.
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B.
Larry Sharpe
Larry Sharpe is an American entrepreneur, podcaster, and prominent Libertarian politician known for his 2018 campaign for governor of New York.
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C.
Dennis Shaw
Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Mark Shippy
Mark Shippy is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in the experimental rock band U.S. Maple.
- 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: Larry Shields Target entity description: Larry Shields was an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist best known for his work with the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
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A.
Larry Shields
Larry Shields was a businessman best known for owning the Minnesota Muskies franchise in the American Basketball Association.
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B.
Larry Sharpe
Larry Sharpe is an American entrepreneur, podcaster, and prominent Libertarian politician known for his 2018 campaign for governor of New York.
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C.
Dennis Shaw
Dennis Shaw is a former American football quarterback who starred at San Diego State before playing in the NFL, most notably for the Buffalo Bills.
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D.
Ray Cusick
Ray Cusick was a British designer best known for creating the iconic look of the Daleks in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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E.
Mark Shippy
Mark Shippy is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his work in the experimental rock band U.S. Maple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American jazz musician
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human ⓘ jazz clarinetist ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1953 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Eddie Edwards
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Henry Ragas ⓘ Nick LaRocca ⓘ Tony Sbarbaro ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| birthName |
Lawrence James Shields
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linked to:
Larry Shields
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-09-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1953-11-21 ⓘ |
| decadeActive |
1910s
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1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Irish-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Shields ⓘ |
| genre |
Dixieland jazz
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jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Larry ⓘ |
| influenced | later Dixieland clarinetists ⓘ |
| instrument | clarinet ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Original Dixieland Jass Band ⓘ |
| name | Larry Shields ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participated in some of the first commercially issued jazz recordings in 1917 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist
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recordings with the Original Dixieland Jass Band ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Livery Stable Blues
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Tiger Rag ⓘ |
| occupation |
clarinetist
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jazz musician ⓘ |
| performanceRole | lead clarinet in Original Dixieland Jass Band ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Victor Talking Machine Company ⓘ |
| style | ensemble-oriented New Orleans clarinet style ⓘ |
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: Larry Shields Description of subject: Larry Shields was an influential early 20th-century American jazz clarinetist best known for his work with the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Larry Shields