Dave the Butcher
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Dave the Butcher is a dark, experimental instrumental piece by Tom Waits from his avant-garde 1983 album "Swordfishtrombones."
All labels observed (1)
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| Dave the Butcher canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18092890 — 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: Dave the Butcher Context triple: [Swordfishtrombones, hasTrack, Dave the Butcher]
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A.
Bill the Butcher
Bill the Butcher is a ruthless, nativist gang leader and master knife-fighter in 19th-century New York City, best known as the main antagonist in the film "Gangs of New York."
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B.
Butcher
Butcher is a common English occupational surname historically given to people who worked as meat cutters or slaughterers.
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C.
the Butcher
The Butcher was the fearsome nickname of Jezzar Pasha, an 18th-century Ottoman governor of Acre notorious for his brutality and ruthless rule.
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D.
the Butcher
The Butcher is a comically earnest and somewhat dim-witted character in Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem "The Hunting of the Snark," known for his peculiar logic and role in the absurd quest for the elusive Snark.
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E.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
- 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: Dave the Butcher Target entity description: Dave the Butcher is a dark, experimental instrumental piece by Tom Waits from his avant-garde 1983 album "Swordfishtrombones."
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A.
Bill the Butcher
Bill the Butcher is a ruthless, nativist gang leader and master knife-fighter in 19th-century New York City, best known as the main antagonist in the film "Gangs of New York."
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B.
Butcher
Butcher is a common English occupational surname historically given to people who worked as meat cutters or slaughterers.
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C.
the Butcher
The Butcher was the fearsome nickname of Jezzar Pasha, an 18th-century Ottoman governor of Acre notorious for his brutality and ruthless rule.
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D.
the Butcher
The Butcher is a comically earnest and somewhat dim-witted character in Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem "The Hunting of the Snark," known for his peculiar logic and role in the absurd quest for the elusive Snark.
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E.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.