Furry Lewis
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Furry Lewis was an influential American country blues guitarist and singer from Memphis, known for his slide guitar work and recordings in the 1920s and 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Furry Lewis canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9377633 — 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: Furry Lewis Context triple: [Furry Sings the Blues, inspiredBy, Furry Lewis]
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A.
Lew Fields
Lew Fields was an American vaudeville comedian, actor, and theatrical producer best known as half of the comedy duo Weber and Fields and later for his character roles in Broadway and early Hollywood films.
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B.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
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C.
Buck Weston
Buck Weston is the hyper-competitive, overbearing youth soccer coach and father who serves as the main rival to Will Ferrell’s character in the sports comedy film "Kicking & Screaming."
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D.
Ellis Lewis
Ellis Lewis was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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E.
Milton Sledge
Milton Sledge is an American country music drummer best known for his long-time work as a session musician in Nashville’s renowned studio scene.
- 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: Furry Lewis Target entity description: Furry Lewis was an influential American country blues guitarist and singer from Memphis, known for his slide guitar work and recordings in the 1920s and 1930s.
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A.
Lew Fields
Lew Fields was an American vaudeville comedian, actor, and theatrical producer best known as half of the comedy duo Weber and Fields and later for his character roles in Broadway and early Hollywood films.
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B.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
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C.
Buck Weston
Buck Weston is the hyper-competitive, overbearing youth soccer coach and father who serves as the main rival to Will Ferrell’s character in the sports comedy film "Kicking & Screaming."
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D.
Ellis Lewis
Ellis Lewis was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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E.
Milton Sledge
Milton Sledge is an American country music drummer best known for his long-time work as a session musician in Nashville’s renowned studio scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues guitarist
ⓘ
country blues musician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Furry
NERFINISHED
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Walter Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Walter E. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth |
1893
ⓘ
March 6, 1893 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath |
1981
ⓘ
September 14, 1981 ⓘ |
| employer | City of Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
country blues ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOnGenre |
Memphis blues
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
country blues ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joni Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis blues musicians ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
slide guitar ⓘ |
| movement | Memphis blues ⓘ |
| name | Furry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | rediscovered during 1960s blues revival ⓘ |
| notableFor |
1920s blues recordings
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1930s blues recordings ⓘ slide guitar work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Billy Lyons and Stack O' Lee"
NERFINISHED
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"Judge Harsh Blues" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Kassie Jones" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ street sweeper ⓘ |
| performedWith | Memphis Jug Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near Greenwood, Mississippi, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Victor Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vocalion Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Furry Lewis Description of subject: Furry Lewis was an influential American country blues guitarist and singer from Memphis, known for his slide guitar work and recordings in the 1920s and 1930s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.