Jesse Johnson
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Jesse Johnson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of The Time and a prominent figure in the Prince-led Minneapolis funk-rock scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jesse Johnson canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9424571 — 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: Jesse Johnson Context triple: [Minneapolis sound, associatedAct, Jesse Johnson]
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A.
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson is an American music producer best known for his work with the early-2000s boy band Dream Street.
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B.
A.J. Johnson
A.J. Johnson is an American television personality and actor best known for co-hosting the iconic music and dance show "Soul Train."
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C.
Marcell Johnson
Marcell Johnson is the son of acclaimed American actress Taraji P. Henson and has occasionally appeared in film and television projects.
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D.
Joshua Johnson
Joshua Johnson was an American merchant and diplomat of the late 18th century, known for his commercial activities in London and as the father of U.S. First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams.
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E.
Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the song "Hello Mary Lou."
- 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: Jesse Johnson Target entity description: Jesse Johnson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of The Time and a prominent figure in the Prince-led Minneapolis funk-rock scene.
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A.
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson is an American music producer best known for his work with the early-2000s boy band Dream Street.
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B.
A.J. Johnson
A.J. Johnson is an American television personality and actor best known for co-hosting the iconic music and dance show "Soul Train."
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C.
Marcell Johnson
Marcell Johnson is the son of acclaimed American actress Taraji P. Henson and has occasionally appeared in film and television projects.
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D.
Joshua Johnson
Joshua Johnson was an American merchant and diplomat of the late 18th century, known for his commercial activities in London and as the father of U.S. First Lady Louisa Catherine Adams.
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E.
Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is a music producer known for his work on the song "Hello Mary Lou."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
funk-rock scene
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Minneapolis music scene
ⓘ
Morris Day ⓘ Prince ⓘ The Time ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Minneapolis (historically, as part of the scene)
ⓘ
linked to:
Minneapolis–Saint Paul music scene
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeWorkType | songs ⓘ |
| familyName | Johnson ⓘ |
| genre |
Minneapolis sound
ⓘ
linked to:
minneapolis sound
R&B ⓘ funk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Jesse ⓘ |
| hasCreativeRole |
guitarist in The Time
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Time ⓘ |
| name | Jesse Johnson ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a key member of The Time
ⓘ
being part of the Prince-led Minneapolis funk-rock scene ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| role | key member of The Time ⓘ |
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: Jesse Johnson Description of subject: Jesse Johnson is an American guitarist and songwriter best known as a key member of The Time and a prominent figure in the Prince-led Minneapolis funk-rock scene.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
minneapolis sound
subject linked to:
Donnie Wayne Johnson
subject linked to:
album "Forever Your Girl"