Walter Parazaider
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Walter Parazaider is an American saxophonist, flutist, and founding member of the rock band Chicago, known for helping shape the group’s distinctive horn-driven sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Parazaider canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8484295 — 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: Walter Parazaider Context triple: [Chicago, member, Walter Parazaider]
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A.
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1970s, often appearing in supporting roles in comedies, dramas, and westerns.
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B.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
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C.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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D.
Max Dennison
Max Dennison is the skeptical teenage protagonist of the Halloween-themed fantasy film "Hocus Pocus," whose actions accidentally resurrect three witches in Salem.
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E.
George Mara
George Mara was a Romanian ice hockey player best known for winning a silver medal with the Romanian national team at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
- 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: Walter Parazaider Target entity description: Walter Parazaider is an American saxophonist, flutist, and founding member of the rock band Chicago, known for helping shape the group’s distinctive horn-driven sound.
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A.
Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe was an American character actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1970s, often appearing in supporting roles in comedies, dramas, and westerns.
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B.
Rex Walters
Rex Walters is an American former professional basketball player and college coach best known for his head coaching tenure at the University of San Francisco and his sharpshooting guard play at Kansas.
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C.
Walter Darre
Walter Darré was a leading Nazi official and ideologue of "blood and soil" agrarianism who served as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture and was later tried as a war criminal after World War II.
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D.
Max Dennison
Max Dennison is the skeptical teenage protagonist of the Halloween-themed fantasy film "Hocus Pocus," whose actions accidentally resurrect three witches in Salem.
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E.
George Mara
George Mara was a Romanian ice hockey player best known for winning a silver medal with the Romanian national team at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clarinetist
ⓘ
flutist ⓘ founding member of Chicago ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century music
ⓘ
21st-century music ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-03-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | DePaul University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Parazaider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | music ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz rock
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasEthnicOrigin | Croatian American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
clarinet
ⓘ
flute ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| memberOf | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Walter Parazaider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping shape Chicago’s horn-driven sound ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentalRole | woodwind arrangements in Chicago ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chicago 17 (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago II (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Transit Authority (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago V (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago X (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
clarinetist
ⓘ
flutist ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| startTimeOfMusicalCareer | 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Parazaider Description of subject: Walter Parazaider is an American saxophonist, flutist, and founding member of the rock band Chicago, known for helping shape the group’s distinctive horn-driven sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chicago