Derek Sherinian
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Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist and composer known for his virtuosic, rock-influenced playing style and work with bands such as Dream Theater, Planet X, and Sons of Apollo, as well as his extensive solo career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Derek Sherinian canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8544345 — 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: Derek Sherinian Context triple: [Dream Theater, formerMember, Derek Sherinian]
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A.
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin is a South African musician and composer best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Yes and as a prolific film score composer.
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B.
John Petrucci
John Petrucci is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and primary songwriter of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, renowned for his technical virtuosity and complex compositions.
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C.
Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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D.
Troy Sanders
Troy Sanders is an American musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the progressive metal band Mastodon.
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E.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
- 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: Derek Sherinian Target entity description: Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist and composer known for his virtuosic, rock-influenced playing style and work with bands such as Dream Theater, Planet X, and Sons of Apollo, as well as his extensive solo career.
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A.
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Rabin is a South African musician and composer best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Yes and as a prolific film score composer.
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B.
John Petrucci
John Petrucci is an American guitarist best known as a founding member and primary songwriter of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, renowned for his technical virtuosity and complex compositions.
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C.
Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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D.
Troy Sanders
Troy Sanders is an American musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the progressive metal band Mastodon.
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E.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Alice Cooper
NERFINISHED
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Billy Idol NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Country Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Scott Soto NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Bonamassa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Portnoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet X NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Vai NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony MacAlpine NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Donati NERFINISHED ⓘ Yngwie Malmsteen NERFINISHED ⓘ Zakk Wylde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1966-08-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Laguna Beach, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Sherinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fusion
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hard rock ⓘ instrumental rock ⓘ progressive metal ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Derek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Alice Cooper band
NERFINISHED
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Billy Idol band ⓘ Black Country Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ PSMS NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet X NERFINISHED ⓘ Sons of Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prog Collective NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Derek Sherinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Black Utopia (2003)
NERFINISHED
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Blood of the Snake (2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ Inertia (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ Molecular Heinosity (2009) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mythology (2004) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceana (2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet X (1999) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phoenix (2020) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vortex (2022) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBandRole |
founding member of Planet X
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founding member of Sons of Apollo ⓘ keyboardist of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Planet X (band)
NERFINISHED
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Sons of Apollo (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ solo albums by Derek Sherinian ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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keyboardist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| style | virtuosic rock-influenced keyboard playing ⓘ |
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: Derek Sherinian Description of subject: Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist and composer known for his virtuosic, rock-influenced playing style and work with bands such as Dream Theater, Planet X, and Sons of Apollo, as well as his extensive solo career.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.