John Waite
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John Waite is an English rock singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist of The Babys and Bad English, as well as for his solo hit "Missing You."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Waite canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11009656 — 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: John Waite Context triple: [Ringo's All Starr Band, notableMember, John Waite]
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A.
John George Waite Associates
John George Waite Associates is an architectural firm known for its work on prominent institutional projects, including major public buildings in the United States.
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B.
Brandon Rose
Brandon Rose is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rose.
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C.
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth is the lead vocalist and frontman of the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, known for his emotive singing and lyrical storytelling.
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D.
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is an English pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1970s hits such as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You."
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E.
David Gray
David Gray is a British singer-songwriter known for his folk-rock and acoustic sound, particularly his breakthrough album "White Ladder" and the hit single "Babylon."
- 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: John Waite Target entity description: John Waite is an English rock singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist of The Babys and Bad English, as well as for his solo hit "Missing You."
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A.
John George Waite Associates
John George Waite Associates is an architectural firm known for its work on prominent institutional projects, including major public buildings in the United States.
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B.
Brandon Rose
Brandon Rose is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Rose.
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C.
Steve Hogarth
Steve Hogarth is the lead vocalist and frontman of the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, known for his emotive singing and lyrical storytelling.
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D.
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is an English pop singer-songwriter best known for his 1970s hits such as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You."
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E.
David Gray
David Gray is a British singer-songwriter known for his folk-rock and acoustic sound, particularly his breakthrough album "White Ladder" and the hit single "Babylon."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Jonathan Cain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neal Schon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | John Charles Waite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartAchievement |
Missing You reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100
NERFINISHED
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Missing You reached the top 10 in the UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-07-04 ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
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pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.johnwaiteworldwide.com/ ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bad English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Babys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | John Waite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Downtown: Journey of a Heart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Figure in a Landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ Ignition NERFINISHED ⓘ Mask of Smiles NERFINISHED ⓘ No Brakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rough & Tumble NERFINISHED ⓘ Rover’s Return NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle | Missing You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Every Time I Think of You
NERFINISHED
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Isn’t It Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Missing You NERFINISHED ⓘ When I See You Smile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lancaster, Lancashire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lead vocalist of Bad English
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lead vocalist of The Babys ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| startTime | 1970s rock career ⓘ |
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: John Waite Description of subject: John Waite is an English rock singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist of The Babys and Bad English, as well as for his solo hit "Missing You."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.