James Poyser
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James Poyser is a Grammy-winning British-born American keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his work in neo-soul and hip-hop with artists like Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and The Roots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Poyser canonical | 70 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523830 — 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 Poyser Context triple: [The Roots, member, James Poyser]
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A.
James Algar
James Algar was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his long career at Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on both animated features and nature documentaries.
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B.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
John Gilroy
John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
- 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 Poyser Target entity description: James Poyser is a Grammy-winning British-born American keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his work in neo-soul and hip-hop with artists like Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and The Roots.
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A.
James Algar
James Algar was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for his long career at Walt Disney Studios, where he worked on both animated features and nature documentaries.
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B.
Brian Pippard
Brian Pippard was a prominent British physicist known for his pioneering work in superconductivity and for serving as Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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C.
Thomas Lownds
Thomas Lownds was an 18th-century London publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Horace Walpole’s pioneering Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto."
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D.
John Gilroy
John Gilroy is a film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the science-fiction monster film "Pacific Rim."
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E.
Keith Foulke
Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grammy Award winner
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human ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Al Green
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Anthony Hamilton ⓘ Common ⓘ D’Angelo ⓘ
linked to:
D'Angelo
Erykah Badu ⓘ Eve ⓘ Jill Scott ⓘ Lauryn Hill ⓘ Marsha Ambrosius ⓘ Musiq Soulchild ⓘ The Roots ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Sheffield, England
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linked to:
Sheffield
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| genre |
R&B
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hip hop ⓘ neo soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| instrument |
keyboards
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piano ⓘ |
| knownFor |
work in hip hop
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work in neo soul ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Roots ⓘ |
| name | James Poyser ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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British ⓘ |
| notableRole | keyboardist for The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
production and songwriting for D’Angelo
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production and songwriting for Erykah Badu ⓘ production and songwriting for The Roots ⓘ |
| occupation |
keyboardist
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television band member ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| workedOn |
Game Theory (The Roots album)
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linked to:
Game Theory (album) by The Roots
How I Got Over (The Roots album) ⓘ
linked to:
How I Got Over
Mama’s Gun (Erykah Badu album) ⓘ
linked to:
Mama’s Gun
Phrenology (The Roots album) ⓘ
linked to:
Phrenology (album) by The Roots
Things Fall Apart (The Roots album) ⓘ
linked to:
Things Fall Apart (album) by The Roots
Voodoo (D’Angelo album) ⓘ
linked to:
Voodoo
Wake Up! (John Legend & The Roots album) ⓘ |
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: James Poyser Description of subject: James Poyser is a Grammy-winning British-born American keyboardist, songwriter, and producer best known for his work in neo-soul and hip-hop with artists like Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and The Roots.
Referenced by (70)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
film "Glitter"
subject linked to:
album "The Emancipation of Mimi"
subject linked to:
album "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel"
subject linked to:
Erykah Badu album "Mama’s Gun"
subject linked to:
Common album "Like Water for Chocolate"
subject linked to:
Bilal album "1st Born Second"
subject linked to:
Things Fall Apart (album) by The Roots
subject linked to:
Phrenology (album) by The Roots
subject linked to:
Game Theory (album) by The Roots
subject linked to:
Like Water for Chocolate (Common) – production and drums