Ward Swingle
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Ward Swingle was an American-born French musician, arranger, and choral director best known for pioneering the distinctive jazz-influenced a cappella style of the Swingle Singers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ward Swingle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21427374 — 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: Ward Swingle Context triple: [Swingle Singers, founder, Ward Swingle]
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A.
Gordon Gano
Gordon Gano is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.
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B.
Barry Morrow
Barry Morrow is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the Academy Award–winning film "Rain Man," inspired in part by his friendship with Bill Sackter.
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C.
Alan Balsam
Alan Balsam is a film editor best known for his work on the comedy sequel "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol."
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D.
Patrick Wimberly
Patrick Wimberly is an American record producer and musician known for his work with the indie pop band Chairlift and for producing albums for prominent artists across pop and R&B.
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E.
Joseph Lovering
Joseph Lovering was a 19th-century American physicist and educator known for his long tenure as a Harvard professor and his contributions to the development of science education in the United States.
- 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: Ward Swingle Target entity description: Ward Swingle was an American-born French musician, arranger, and choral director best known for pioneering the distinctive jazz-influenced a cappella style of the Swingle Singers.
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A.
Gordon Gano
Gordon Gano is an American musician best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the alternative rock band Violent Femmes.
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B.
Barry Morrow
Barry Morrow is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing the Academy Award–winning film "Rain Man," inspired in part by his friendship with Bill Sackter.
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C.
Alan Balsam
Alan Balsam is a film editor best known for his work on the comedy sequel "Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol."
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D.
Patrick Wimberly
Patrick Wimberly is an American record producer and musician known for his work with the indie pop band Chairlift and for producing albums for prominent artists across pop and R&B.
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E.
Joseph Lovering
Joseph Lovering was a 19th-century American physicist and educator known for his long tenure as a Harvard professor and his contributions to the development of science education in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.