Bernard Butler

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Bernard Butler is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the original guitarist and co-songwriter for the Britpop band Suede.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bernard Butler canonical	7
Chris Martin	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17188971 — 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: Bernard Butler
Context triple: [The Anchoress, associatedAct, Bernard Butler]

A. Alan McNeil
Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
B. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the influential new wave band XTC, known for his inventive songwriting and studio craftsmanship.
C. Martin L. Gore
Martin L. Gore is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode, known for writing many of their most influential songs.
D. Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall was an influential British DJ, producer, and remixer known for helping pioneer the fusion of rock and dance music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
E. Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
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: Bernard Butler
Target entity description: Bernard Butler is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the original guitarist and co-songwriter for the Britpop band Suede.

A. Alan McNeil
Alan McNeil is an editor known for his work on the publication "The Cat's-Paw."
B. Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the influential new wave band XTC, known for his inventive songwriting and studio craftsmanship.
C. Martin L. Gore
Martin L. Gore is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode, known for writing many of their most influential songs.
D. Andrew Weatherall
Andrew Weatherall was an influential British DJ, producer, and remixer known for helping pioneer the fusion of rock and dance music in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
E. Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Anchoress → associatedAct → Bernard Butler ⓘ

Duffy → associatedAct → Bernard Butler ⓘ

McAlmont & Butler → member → Bernard Butler ⓘ

McAlmont & Butler → hasPart → Bernard Butler ⓘ

McAlmont & Butler → formedBy → Bernard Butler ⓘ

McAlmont & Butler → associatedAct → Bernard Butler ⓘ

Suede → formerMember → Bernard Butler ⓘ

I Ran Away → composer → Chris Martin ⓘ

linked to: Bernard Butler

Another's Arms → composer → Chris Martin ⓘ

linked to: Bernard Butler

Shiver → composer → Chris Martin ⓘ

linked to: Bernard Butler

All labels observed (2)

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Referenced by (10)

How this entity was disambiguated