Roger Taylor
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Roger Taylor is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the new wave band Duran Duran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roger Taylor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8904170 — 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: Roger Taylor Context triple: [Duran Duran, member, Roger Taylor]
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A.
Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor is an English musician best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the rock band Queen.
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B.
Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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C.
Keith Relf
Keith Relf was an English musician best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for the influential 1960s rock band The Yardbirds.
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D.
Roger Hodgson
Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
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E.
David Parfitt
David Parfitt is a British film producer best known for his Academy Award-winning work on acclaimed dramas such as "Shakespeare in Love."
- 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: Roger Taylor Target entity description: Roger Taylor is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the new wave band Duran Duran.
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A.
Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor is an English musician best known as the drummer and a songwriter for the rock band Queen.
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B.
Charles Watts
Charles Watts was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century film and television.
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C.
Keith Relf
Keith Relf was an English musician best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for the influential 1960s rock band The Yardbirds.
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D.
Roger Hodgson
Roger Hodgson is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and co-founder of the progressive rock band Supertramp, known for writing and singing many of their biggest hits.
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E.
David Parfitt
David Parfitt is a British film producer best known for his Academy Award-winning work on acclaimed dramas such as "Shakespeare in Love."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Arcadia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ The Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1960-04-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Birmingham
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Nechells NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingMemberOf | Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
ⓘ
percussion ⓘ |
| memberOf | Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Roger Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a founding member of Duran Duran
ⓘ
being drummer of Duran Duran ⓘ |
| notableSongPerformedOn |
Hungry Like the Wolf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rio NERFINISHED ⓘ Save a Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reflex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arena (Duran Duran album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duran Duran (1981 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Notorious (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven and the Ragged Tiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | classic lineup of Duran Duran ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesNameWith | Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startActivity | late 1970s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Roger Taylor Description of subject: Roger Taylor is an English drummer best known as a founding member of the new wave band Duran Duran.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.