Noble Sissle
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Noble Sissle was an American jazz composer, bandleader, and vocalist best known for co-writing the groundbreaking 1921 musical "Shuffle Along," one of the first hit Broadway shows written and performed by African Americans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Noble Sissle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10549746 — 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: Noble Sissle Context triple: [Sidney Bechet, associatedAct, Noble Sissle]
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A.
Oscar Charleston
Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
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B.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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C.
Don Dorsey
Don Dorsey is an American audio producer and entertainment designer best known for creating and directing groundbreaking nighttime spectaculars for Disney theme parks.
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D.
Tony Dorsey
Tony Dorsey is a trombonist best known for his work as a touring and session musician, including performing with Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s.
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E.
George White
George White was a British Army general best known for commanding the garrison during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War.
- 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: Noble Sissle Target entity description: Noble Sissle was an American jazz composer, bandleader, and vocalist best known for co-writing the groundbreaking 1921 musical "Shuffle Along," one of the first hit Broadway shows written and performed by African Americans.
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A.
Oscar Charleston
Oscar Charleston was an American baseball center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro league history, known for his combination of power, speed, and defensive brilliance.
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B.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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C.
Don Dorsey
Don Dorsey is an American audio producer and entertainment designer best known for creating and directing groundbreaking nighttime spectaculars for Disney theme parks.
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D.
Tony Dorsey
Tony Dorsey is a trombonist best known for his work as a touring and session musician, including performing with Paul McCartney and Wings in the 1970s.
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E.
George White
George White was a British Army general best known for commanding the garrison during the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ lyricist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Eubie Blake
NERFINISHED
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Harlem Hellfighters band NERFINISHED ⓘ James Reese Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1889-07-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | James Reese Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWrote | Shuffle Along NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coWroteWith | Eubie Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1975-12-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Tampa, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Sissle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ |
| formedDuoWith | Eubie Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| givenName | Noble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Noble Sissle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-writing one of the first hit Broadway shows written and performed by African Americans
ⓘ
pioneering African American musical theatre on Broadway ⓘ |
| notableRole | co-creator of the 1921 musical Shuffle Along ⓘ |
| notableWork |
I’m Just Wild About Harry
NERFINISHED
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Love Will Find a Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuffle Along NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ lyricist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| servedIn |
369th Infantry Regiment
NERFINISHED
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Harlem Hellfighters band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasLeaderOf | Noble Sissle and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMemberOf | James Reese Europe’s band ⓘ |
| wroteLyricsFor |
I’m Just Wild About Harry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love Will Find a Way 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: Noble Sissle Description of subject: Noble Sissle was an American jazz composer, bandleader, and vocalist best known for co-writing the groundbreaking 1921 musical "Shuffle Along," one of the first hit Broadway shows written and performed by African Americans.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.