Michael Whitaker Smith
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Michael Whitaker Smith is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his influential worship songs and crossover success in Christian and mainstream music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Whitaker Smith canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8635552 — 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: Michael Whitaker Smith Context triple: [Michael W. Smith, fullName, Michael Whitaker Smith]
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A.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
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B.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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C.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
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D.
Daniel Wayne Smith
Daniel Wayne Smith was the son of model and television personality Anna Nicole Smith, known for his close relationship with her and his highly publicized death at a young age.
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E.
Scott Marshall Smith
Scott Marshall Smith was an American screenwriter best known for writing the thriller film "The Score" starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando.
- 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: Michael Whitaker Smith Target entity description: Michael Whitaker Smith is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his influential worship songs and crossover success in Christian and mainstream music.
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A.
Phil Smith
Phil Smith was an American professional basketball player best known as a two-time NBA All-Star guard and key contributor to the Golden State Warriors’ 1975 championship team.
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B.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith is the doomed husband and diner owner whose murder becomes the central plot of the 1946 film noir "The Postman Always Rings Twice."
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C.
Greg Smith
Greg Smith is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the Buckingham constituency.
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D.
Daniel Wayne Smith
Daniel Wayne Smith was the son of model and television personality Anna Nicole Smith, known for his close relationship with her and his highly publicized death at a young age.
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E.
Scott Marshall Smith
Scott Marshall Smith was an American screenwriter best known for writing the thriller film "The Score" starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Michael W. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
GMA Dove Award
NERFINISHED
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Grammy Award ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1957-10-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kenova, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian music
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worship music ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary Christian music
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pop ⓘ pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ worship music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasCrossoverSuccess | mainstream pop music charts ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Michael Whitaker Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crossover success in Christian and mainstream music
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influential worship songs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Above All
NERFINISHED
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Agnus Dei NERFINISHED ⓘ Awesome God NERFINISHED ⓘ Change Your World NERFINISHED ⓘ Friends NERFINISHED ⓘ Go West Young Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Healing Rain NERFINISHED ⓘ I Will Be Here for You NERFINISHED ⓘ Place in This World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Your Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Worship ⓘ Worship Again NERFINISHED ⓘ i 2 (EYE) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Deborah Kay Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Michael Whitaker Smith Description of subject: Michael Whitaker Smith is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and composer known for his influential worship songs and crossover success in Christian and mainstream music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.