Sam (pianist)
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Sam is the piano player and singer in the film *Casablanca*, best known for performing the iconic song "As Time Goes By."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sam (pianist) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10812183 — 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: Sam (pianist) Context triple: [Carl, associatedWithCharacter, Sam (pianist)]
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A.
Paul Samson
Paul Samson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Purifiers."
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B.
Sammy Bryant
Sammy Bryant is a central police officer character in the television drama series "Southland," known for his gritty, streetwise approach to law enforcement in Los Angeles.
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C.
Sammy Williams
Sammy Williams is an actor known for appearing in the British science fiction comedy film "Attack the Block."
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D.
Samuels
Samuels is an unincorporated community located in Nelson County, Kentucky, known for its rural setting and proximity to the region’s bourbon distilleries.
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E.
Samuels
Samuels is a surname of likely English or Jewish origin borne by various individuals and families.
- 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: Sam (pianist) Target entity description: Sam is the piano player and singer in the film *Casablanca*, best known for performing the iconic song "As Time Goes By."
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A.
Paul Samson
Paul Samson is an actor known for his role in the film "The Purifiers."
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B.
Sammy Bryant
Sammy Bryant is a central police officer character in the television drama series "Southland," known for his gritty, streetwise approach to law enforcement in Los Angeles.
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C.
Sammy Williams
Sammy Williams is an actor known for appearing in the British science fiction comedy film "Attack the Block."
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D.
Samuels
Samuels is a surname of likely English or Jewish origin borne by various individuals and families.
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E.
Samuels
Samuels is an unincorporated community located in Nelson County, Kentucky, known for its rural setting and proximity to the region’s bourbon distilleries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Casablanca ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Ilsa Lund
ⓘ
Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the unproduced play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" ⓘ |
| characterType | supporting character ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Joan Alison
ⓘ
Murray Burnett ⓘ |
| employer | Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| eraOfFictionalSetting | World War II ⓘ |
| fictionalEthnicity | Black American ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Casablanca (film universe)
ⓘ
linked to:
Casablanca
|
| filmDebut | Casablanca ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| genre | popular music ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| knownFor | performing the song "As Time Goes By" in Casablanca ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| loyalTo | Rick Blaine ⓘ |
| loyaltyDepictedAs | refusing to leave Rick until ordered to for his safety ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| musicRole | diegetic performer of songs in the film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | symbol of nostalgia and lost love through music ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableQuoteAssociated | Play it, Sam ⓘ |
| notableScene |
performing at the piano during the Marseillaise scene in Rick's Café
ⓘ
playing "As Time Goes By" when requested by Ilsa Lund ⓘ |
| occupation |
entertainer
ⓘ
pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| partOf |
Casablanca (1942 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Casablanca
|
| performsSong | As Time Goes By ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Dooley Wilson ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
close friend of Rick Blaine
ⓘ
piano player at Rick's Café Américain ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity |
Casablanca, Morocco (fictionalized, Vichy-controlled)
ⓘ
linked to:
Casablanca, French Morocco
|
| songAssociation |
It Had to Be You
ⓘ
Knock on Wood ⓘ Shine ⓘ |
| workLocationType | nightclub ⓘ |
| worksAt | Rick's Café Américain ⓘ |
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: Sam (pianist) Description of subject: Sam is the piano player and singer in the film *Casablanca*, best known for performing the iconic song "As Time Goes By."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.