Kingfish
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Kingfish is an American rock band best known for its association with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and its roots in the 1970s Bay Area music scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingfish canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159443 — 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: Kingfish Context triple: [Bob Weir, memberOf, Kingfish]
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Krall
Krall is the main antagonist in the film "Star Trek Beyond," a former Starfleet officer transformed into a vengeful alien warlord who seeks to destroy the Federation.
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B.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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C.
Bluewater
Bluewater is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure centre located in Kent, England.
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D.
Waterman
Waterman is a historic luxury pen and writing instruments brand known for its high-quality fountain pens and elegant design.
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E.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
- 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: Kingfish Target entity description: Kingfish is an American rock band best known for its association with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and its roots in the 1970s Bay Area music scene.
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A.
Krall
Krall is the main antagonist in the film "Star Trek Beyond," a former Starfleet officer transformed into a vengeful alien warlord who seeks to destroy the Federation.
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B.
Dragon King
The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.
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C.
Bluewater
Bluewater is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure centre located in Kent, England.
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D.
Waterman
Waterman is a historic luxury pen and writing instruments brand known for its high-quality fountain pens and elegant design.
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E.
Pirates
Pirates are seafaring outlaws who historically attacked and plundered ships and coastal settlements, often romanticized in popular culture for their rebellious and adventurous image.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical group
ⓘ
rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bob Weir
ⓘ
Chris Herold ⓘ Dave Torbert ⓘ Grateful Dead ⓘ Matthew Kelly ⓘ Mick Ward ⓘ New Riders of the Purple Sage ⓘ Robbie Hoddinott ⓘ |
| connection | part of the extended Grateful Dead family of bands ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | part of the 1970s San Francisco rock scene ⓘ |
| formedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
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rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveReputation | known for energetic live performances ⓘ |
| hasRole | backing band for Bob Weir in the mid-1970s ⓘ |
| influence | influenced by country rock and blues traditions ⓘ |
| location |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| memberRole |
Bob Weir – guitar and vocals
ⓘ
Chris Herold – drums ⓘ Dave Torbert – bass and vocals ⓘ Matthew Kelly – guitar and harmonica ⓘ Robbie Hoddinott – lead guitar ⓘ |
| notableFor | association with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Bob Weir
ⓘ
Chris Herold ⓘ Dave Torbert ⓘ Matthew Kelly ⓘ Robbie Hoddinott ⓘ |
| notableWork | Kingfish (self-titled debut album) ⓘ |
| origin | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| performanceContext | played club and theater venues in the Bay Area ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Round Records
ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ |
| scene | Bay Area music scene ⓘ |
| style |
blend of rock, country, and blues
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guitar-driven rock ⓘ |
| touringHistory | toured extensively in the United States in the mid-1970s ⓘ |
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: Kingfish Description of subject: Kingfish is an American rock band best known for its association with Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and its roots in the 1970s Bay Area music scene.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Kingfish (self-titled debut album)
subject linked to:
Dave Torbert – bass and vocals
subject linked to:
Dave Torbert – bass and vocals
subject linked to:
Chris Herold – drums