The Nick Hexum Quintet
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The Nick Hexum Quintet is a side project led by 311 frontman Nick Hexum that explores a more laid-back, jazz- and funk-influenced sound distinct from his main band’s rock style.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Nick Hexum Quintet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8777559 — 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: The Nick Hexum Quintet Context triple: [Nick Hexum, associatedAct, The Nick Hexum Quintet]
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A.
L.A. Quartet
L.A. Quartet is a cycle of hardboiled crime novels by James Ellroy that explores the dark, corrupt underbelly of mid-20th-century Los Angeles.
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B.
Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
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C.
Nate Mott Band
Nate Mott Band is a musical group best known as one of the bands in which musician and producer Matthew Rutler has performed.
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D.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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E.
The Mystic Valley Band
The Mystic Valley Band is an American backing group formed to support singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for their roots-rock sound and collaborative songwriting.
- 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: The Nick Hexum Quintet Target entity description: The Nick Hexum Quintet is a side project led by 311 frontman Nick Hexum that explores a more laid-back, jazz- and funk-influenced sound distinct from his main band’s rock style.
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A.
L.A. Quartet
L.A. Quartet is a cycle of hardboiled crime novels by James Ellroy that explores the dark, corrupt underbelly of mid-20th-century Los Angeles.
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B.
Tito Burns Sextet
Tito Burns Sextet was a British jazz ensemble active in the mid-20th century, known for blending swing and modern jazz styles under the leadership of accordionist and bandleader Tito Burns.
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C.
Nate Mott Band
Nate Mott Band is a musical group best known as one of the bands in which musician and producer Matthew Rutler has performed.
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D.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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E.
The Mystic Valley Band
The Mystic Valley Band is an American backing group formed to support singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for their roots-rock sound and collaborative songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical group
ⓘ
side project ⓘ |
| activeMemberOf | Nick Hexum ⓘ |
| associatedAct | 311 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| debutAlbum | My Shadow Pages ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | 311 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
funk ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| hasCreativeDirector | Nick Hexum ⓘ |
| hasMember | Nick Hexum ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfCoreMembers | 5 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ horns ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| leader | Nick Hexum ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for Nick Hexum and the five-piece lineup ⓘ |
| notableWork | My Shadow Pages ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic |
funk-influenced
ⓘ
groove-oriented ⓘ jazz-influenced ⓘ laid-back ⓘ melodic ⓘ |
| styleComparedTo | more relaxed than 311 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Nick Hexum ⓘ |
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: The Nick Hexum Quintet Description of subject: The Nick Hexum Quintet is a side project led by 311 frontman Nick Hexum that explores a more laid-back, jazz- and funk-influenced sound distinct from his main band’s rock style.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
rock band 311