Paul Bruce Dickinson
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Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English heavy metal singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, as well as an airline pilot, author, and broadcaster.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Bruce Dickinson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11528228 — 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.
Target entity: Paul Bruce Dickinson Context triple: [Bruce Dickinson, birthName, Paul Bruce Dickinson]
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A.
Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson was a British author best known for his innovative and award-winning children's and young adult fantasy and detective novels.
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B.
Gene Dickinson
Gene Dickinson was the husband of American actress Angie Dickinson, known primarily for his marriage to the Hollywood star.
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C.
Paul Eldridge
Paul Eldridge was an American writer, poet, and educator best known for his philosophical and speculative fiction, often co-authored with George Sylvester Viereck.
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D.
Mark Dickson
Mark Dickson is a music producer known for his work on early recordings by pop singer Katy Perry (then performing as Katy Hudson).
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E.
David Bruce
David Bruce was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Paul Bruce Dickinson Target entity description: Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English heavy metal singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, as well as an airline pilot, author, and broadcaster.
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A.
Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson was a British author best known for his innovative and award-winning children's and young adult fantasy and detective novels.
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B.
Gene Dickinson
Gene Dickinson was the husband of American actress Angie Dickinson, known primarily for his marriage to the Hollywood star.
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C.
Paul Eldridge
Paul Eldridge was an American writer, poet, and educator best known for his philosophical and speculative fiction, often co-authored with George Sylvester Viereck.
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D.
Mark Dickson
Mark Dickson is a music producer known for his work on early recordings by pop singer Katy Perry (then performing as Katy Hudson).
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E.
David Bruce
David Bruce was an American film and television actor active primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, known for supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (89)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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airline pilot ⓘ author ⓘ broadcaster ⓘ businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ fencer ⓘ heavy metal singer ⓘ human ⓘ radio presenter ⓘ record producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1976 ⓘ |
| aircraftFlown |
Boeing 737
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Boeing 747 ⓘ Boeing 757 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Bruce Dickinson ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Honorary doctorate from Queen Mary University of London ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-08-07 ⓘ |
| education |
Queen Mary University of London
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linked to:
Queen Mary College, University of London
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| employer |
Astraeus Airlines
ⓘ
Cardiff Aviation ⓘ Iron Maiden LLP ⓘ
linked to:
Iron Maiden
|
| endTime | 1993 (first tenure as lead vocalist of Iron Maiden) ⓘ |
| familyName | Dickinson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aviation
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broadcasting ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
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heavy metal ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Austin Dickinson
ⓘ
Griffin Dickinson ⓘ Kia Michelle Dickinson ⓘ |
| height | 1.68 m (approximate) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Deep Purple
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Ian Gillan ⓘ Ronnie James Dio ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Iron Maiden
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Samson (band) ⓘ |
| middleName | Bruce ⓘ |
| name | Paul Bruce Dickinson ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
energetic stage presence
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operatic vocal style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Accident of Birth
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BBC radio show "Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show" ⓘ
linked to:
Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 6 Music
Balls to Picasso ⓘ Skunkworks ⓘ Tattooed Millionaire ⓘ The Chemical Wedding (album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Chemical Wedding
Tyranny of Souls ⓘ What Does This Button Do? (autobiography) ⓘ concept development for Iron Maiden album "The Number of the Beast" ⓘ lead vocalist of Iron Maiden ⓘ piloting Iron Maiden tour plane "Ed Force One" ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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airline pilot ⓘ author ⓘ broadcaster ⓘ businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ fencer ⓘ musician ⓘ radio presenter ⓘ record producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
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linked to:
Worksop
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| positionHeld | lead vocalist of Iron Maiden ⓘ |
| religion | atheism (formerly Christian upbringing) ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sportsDiscipline | fencing ⓘ |
| spouse |
Leana Dolci
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Paddy Bowden ⓘ |
| startTime |
1981 (as lead vocalist of Iron Maiden)
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1999 (second tenure as lead vocalist of Iron Maiden) ⓘ |
| studied | history ⓘ |
| voiceType | tenor ⓘ |
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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.
Subject: Paul Bruce Dickinson Description of subject: Paul Bruce Dickinson is an English heavy metal singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Iron Maiden, as well as an airline pilot, author, and broadcaster.
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