James Lane
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James Lane, better known as Jimmy Rogers, was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter closely associated with the Chicago blues scene and the Muddy Waters band.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Lane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19752220 — 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: James Lane Context triple: [Jimmy Rogers, alsoKnownAs, James Lane]
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A.
James H. Lane
James H. Lane was a prominent American politician and Union general from Kansas, known as a leading Free-State advocate and key figure in the Bleeding Kansas conflict and the Civil War.
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B.
James Lane Allen
James Lane Allen was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his regional fiction depicting 19th-century Kentucky life.
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C.
William K. Lanman Jr.
William K. Lanman Jr. was an American philanthropist and former naval officer best known for his substantial charitable contributions, particularly to Yale University.
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D.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- 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: James Lane Target entity description: James Lane, better known as Jimmy Rogers, was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter closely associated with the Chicago blues scene and the Muddy Waters band.
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A.
James H. Lane
James H. Lane was a prominent American politician and Union general from Kansas, known as a leading Free-State advocate and key figure in the Bleeding Kansas conflict and the Civil War.
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B.
James Lane Allen
James Lane Allen was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his regional fiction depicting 19th-century Kentucky life.
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C.
William K. Lanman Jr.
William K. Lanman Jr. was an American philanthropist and former naval officer best known for his substantial charitable contributions, particularly to Yale University.
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D.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.