Henry Walford Davies
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Henry Walford Davies was an English composer, organist, and educator best known for his choral and church music and for serving as Master of the King’s Music in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Walford Davies canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8348893 — 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: Henry Walford Davies Context triple: [English Musical Renaissance, hasParticipant, Henry Walford Davies]
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A.
William Praed
William Praed was a prominent English banker and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Dafydd Wigley
Dafydd Wigley is a Welsh politician and former leader of Plaid Cymru who served as a Member of Parliament and later as a member of the House of Lords, known for his advocacy of Welsh devolution and social justice.
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C.
David Ivor Davies
David Ivor Davies, better known as Ivor Novello, was a prominent early 20th-century Welsh composer, singer, and actor famed for his popular songs and contributions to musical theatre.
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D.
David Davies
David Davies is the son of Samuel Davies, likely known primarily in relation to his father's identity.
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E.
David Davies
David Davies was an Australian painter associated with the Heidelberg School, known for his atmospheric landscapes and contributions to the Australian Impressionist movement.
- 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: Henry Walford Davies Target entity description: Henry Walford Davies was an English composer, organist, and educator best known for his choral and church music and for serving as Master of the King’s Music in the early 20th century.
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A.
William Praed
William Praed was a prominent English banker and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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B.
Dafydd Wigley
Dafydd Wigley is a Welsh politician and former leader of Plaid Cymru who served as a Member of Parliament and later as a member of the House of Lords, known for his advocacy of Welsh devolution and social justice.
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C.
David Ivor Davies
David Ivor Davies, better known as Ivor Novello, was a prominent early 20th-century Welsh composer, singer, and actor famed for his popular songs and contributions to musical theatre.
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D.
David Davies
David Davies is the son of Samuel Davies, likely known primarily in relation to his father's identity.
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E.
David Davies
David Davies was an Australian painter associated with the Heidelberg School, known for his atmospheric landscapes and contributions to the Australian Impressionist movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ music educator ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| appointedBy | George V NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1869-09-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
England
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Oswestry NERFINISHED ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBurial | 1941-03-15 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1941-03-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Royal College of Music
NERFINISHED
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St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Gresham College
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Church, London NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1941 ⓘ |
| familyName | Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Henry Walford Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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church music ⓘ classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
broadcast music talks
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choral music ⓘ church music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal College of Organists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Short Requiem
NERFINISHED
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Festival Te Deum NERFINISHED ⓘ God Be in My Head (setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ O Little Town of Bethlehem (arrangement) NERFINISHED ⓘ Solemn Melody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ music educator ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Wrington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Master of the King’s Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1934 ⓘ |
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: Henry Walford Davies Description of subject: Henry Walford Davies was an English composer, organist, and educator best known for his choral and church music and for serving as Master of the King’s Music in the early 20th century.
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