Dougie Thomson
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Dougie Thomson is a Scottish bass guitarist best known for his long tenure with the progressive rock band Supertramp during their most successful years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dougie Thomson canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696729 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dougie Thomson Context triple: [Supertramp, member, Dougie Thomson]
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A.
Tommy Gemmell
Tommy Gemmell was a Scottish left-back best known for scoring in Celtic’s 1967 European Cup Final victory as one of the legendary “Lisbon Lions.”
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B.
Willie Gallacher
Willie Gallacher was a prominent Scottish communist politician and trade unionist who served as one of the most influential leaders and public faces of the Communist Party of Great Britain in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Jimmy Johnstone
Jimmy Johnstone was a legendary Scottish winger, best known as a key member of Celtic’s “Lisbon Lions” team that won the 1967 European Cup and as one of the club’s greatest ever players.
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D.
Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
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E.
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
- 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: Dougie Thomson Target entity description: Dougie Thomson is a Scottish bass guitarist best known for his long tenure with the progressive rock band Supertramp during their most successful years in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Tommy Gemmell
Tommy Gemmell was a Scottish left-back best known for scoring in Celtic’s 1967 European Cup Final victory as one of the legendary “Lisbon Lions.”
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B.
Willie Gallacher
Willie Gallacher was a prominent Scottish communist politician and trade unionist who served as one of the most influential leaders and public faces of the Communist Party of Great Britain in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Jimmy Johnstone
Jimmy Johnstone was a legendary Scottish winger, best known as a key member of Celtic’s “Lisbon Lions” team that won the 1967 European Cup and as one of the club’s greatest ever players.
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D.
Billy McNeill
Billy McNeill was a legendary Scottish footballer and manager best known as the iconic Celtic defender who captained the club to their historic 1967 European Cup triumph.
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E.
Tony Docherty
Tony Docherty is a Scottish football coach and former player best known for managing Dundee F.C. in the Scottish Professional Football League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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bass guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Supertramp
ⓘ
The Alan Bown Set ⓘ The Beings ⓘ |
| birthName | Douglas Campbell Thomson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-03-24 ⓘ |
| decadeOfProminence |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ |
| familyRelation | brother of Derek Thomson ⓘ |
| genre |
progressive rock
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| joinedBand | Supertramp in 1972 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Scottish rock musician background
ⓘ
contributing to Supertramp's classic sound ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supertramp ⓘ |
| name | Dougie Thomson ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bass playing on Supertramp's classic 1970s albums
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long tenure with Supertramp ⓘ |
| notableWork |
...Famous Last Words... (album)
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linked to:
Famous Last Words...
Breakfast in America (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Breakfast in America
Crime of the Century (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Crime of the Century
Crisis? What Crisis? (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Crisis? What Crisis?
Even in the Quietest Moments... (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Even in the Quietest Moments...
|
| occupation |
bass guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Supertramp world tours in the 1970s
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Supertramp world tours in the early 1980s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Glasgow, Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Glasgow
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| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| roleInBand | bass guitarist of Supertramp ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
melodic bass lines
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supportive rhythm section work ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bob Siebenberg
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John Helliwell ⓘ Rick Davies ⓘ Roger Hodgson ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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