Rick Derringer
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Rick Derringer is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his hit "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and his work with acts like The McCoys, Johnny Winter, and Edgar Winter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rick Derringer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9091683 — 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: Rick Derringer Context triple: [Bill Szymczyk, workedWithArtist, Rick Derringer]
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A.
Bobby Dyer
Bobby Dyer is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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B.
Donnie Shell
Donnie Shell is a former NFL safety best known for his hard-hitting play and key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ dominant 1970s dynasty, earning multiple Pro Bowl selections and induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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C.
Bobby Dupea
Bobby Dupea is a disillusioned former piano prodigy turned blue-collar oil worker whose restless search for identity and meaning drives the drama of the film "Five Easy Pieces."
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D.
Don Garlits
Don Garlits is a pioneering American drag racer, often called the "Father of Drag Racing," known for revolutionizing the sport with his innovative rear-engine Top Fuel dragsters.
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E.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
- 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: Rick Derringer Target entity description: Rick Derringer is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his hit "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and his work with acts like The McCoys, Johnny Winter, and Edgar Winter.
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A.
Bobby Dyer
Bobby Dyer is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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B.
Donnie Shell
Donnie Shell is a former NFL safety best known for his hard-hitting play and key role in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ dominant 1970s dynasty, earning multiple Pro Bowl selections and induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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C.
Bobby Dupea
Bobby Dupea is a disillusioned former piano prodigy turned blue-collar oil worker whose restless search for identity and meaning drives the drama of the film "Five Easy Pieces."
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D.
Don Garlits
Don Garlits is a pioneering American drag racer, often called the "Father of Drag Racing," known for revolutionizing the sport with his innovative rear-engine Top Fuel dragsters.
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E.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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record producer ⓘ rock band ⓘ rock guitarist ⓘ song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Edgar Winter
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ The McCoys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Richard Zehringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Fort Recovery, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-08-05 ⓘ |
| familyName | Zehringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
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hard rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasHitSong | Hang On Sloopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
electric guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The McCoys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Rick Derringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember | Rick Derringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All American Boy
NERFINISHED
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Hang On Sloopy NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performer |
Rick Derringer
NERFINISHED
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Rick Derringer NERFINISHED ⓘ The McCoys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producerOf |
Cyndi Lauper recordings
NERFINISHED
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Weird Al Yankovic recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stageName | Rick Derringer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Cyndi Lauper
NERFINISHED
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Edgar Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ Weird Al Yankovic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Rick Derringer 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: Rick Derringer Description of subject: Rick Derringer is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his hit "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and his work with acts like The McCoys, Johnny Winter, and Edgar Winter.
Referenced by (1)
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