Mick Pointer – drums
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Mick Pointer is an English drummer best known as the original drummer and a founding member of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion and later as a member of the progressive rock band Arena.
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| Mick Pointer – drums canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19552275 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mick Pointer – drums Context triple: [Arena, hasMemberRole, Mick Pointer – drums]
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A.
drummer Mick Woodmansey
Mick Woodmansey is an English rock drummer best known as the drummer for David Bowie's backing band, the Spiders from Mars, during Bowie's early 1970s glam rock era.
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B.
Mick Avory
Mick Avory is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for the influential British band The Kinks during their classic 1960s and 1970s period.
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C.
Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks is an English drummer best known for his work with the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and as a prolific session musician with numerous prominent artists.
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D.
Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio is an American drummer renowned for his virtuosic, polyrhythmic playing and work with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and various rock and fusion projects.
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E.
Mike Pinder
Mike Pinder is an English musician and founding keyboardist of The Moody Blues, known for pioneering the use of the Mellotron in rock music.
- 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: Mick Pointer – drums Target entity description: Mick Pointer is an English drummer best known as the original drummer and a founding member of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion and later as a member of the progressive rock band Arena.
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A.
drummer Mick Woodmansey
Mick Woodmansey is an English rock drummer best known as the drummer for David Bowie's backing band, the Spiders from Mars, during Bowie's early 1970s glam rock era.
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B.
Mick Avory
Mick Avory is an English rock drummer best known as the longtime drummer for the influential British band The Kinks during their classic 1960s and 1970s period.
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C.
Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks is an English drummer best known for his work with the folk-rock band Fairport Convention and as a prolific session musician with numerous prominent artists.
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D.
Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio is an American drummer renowned for his virtuosic, polyrhythmic playing and work with Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, and various rock and fusion projects.
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E.
Mike Pinder
Mike Pinder is an English musician and founding keyboardist of The Moody Blues, known for pioneering the use of the Mellotron in rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.