Bernie Taupin
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Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist best known for his long-running songwriting partnership with Elton John, for whom he wrote the lyrics to many of the singer’s most famous hits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bernie Taupin canonical | 171 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1787577 — 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: Bernie Taupin Context triple: [Elton John, collaboratedWith, Bernie Taupin]
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A.
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite is a renowned English record producer best known for his work with major rock and alternative bands such as U2, The Rolling Stones, and Peter Gabriel.
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B.
Hugh Martin
Hugh Martin was an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood musicals, including writing enduring standards for films like "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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C.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
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D.
Tim Rice
Tim Rice is an acclaimed English lyricist best known for his work on hit stage and film musicals such as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Evita," "The Lion King," and "Aladdin."
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E.
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager is an American songwriter and lyricist renowned for numerous pop and film hits, including "That's What Friends Are For" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)."
- 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: Bernie Taupin Target entity description: Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist best known for his long-running songwriting partnership with Elton John, for whom he wrote the lyrics to many of the singer’s most famous hits.
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A.
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite is a renowned English record producer best known for his work with major rock and alternative bands such as U2, The Rolling Stones, and Peter Gabriel.
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B.
Hugh Martin
Hugh Martin was an American composer and songwriter best known for his work on classic Hollywood musicals, including writing enduring standards for films like "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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C.
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
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D.
Tim Rice
Tim Rice is an acclaimed English lyricist best known for his work on hit stage and film musicals such as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Evita," "The Lion King," and "Aladdin."
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E.
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager is an American songwriter and lyricist renowned for numerous pop and film hits, including "That's What Friends Are For" and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (119)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lyricist ⓘ poet ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Song
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Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ Ivor Novello Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Bernard John Taupin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-05-22 ⓘ |
| familyName | Taupin ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
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rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernard ⓘ |
| hasChild | two daughters ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Bernie Taupin ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Elton John since the late 1960s
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long-running songwriting partnership with Elton John ⓘ writing lyrics for many of Elton John’s most famous hits ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "He Who Rides the Tiger"
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album "Taupin" ⓘ album "Tribe" ⓘ book "A Cradle of Haloes: Sketches of a Childhood" ⓘ lyrics for "Believe" ⓘ lyrics for "Bennie and the Jets" ⓘ lyrics for "Blue Eyes" ⓘ lyrics for "Candle in the Wind 1997" ⓘ lyrics for "Candle in the Wind" ⓘ lyrics for "Circle of Life" ⓘ lyrics for "Cold Heart" ⓘ lyrics for "Daniel" ⓘ lyrics for "Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" ⓘ lyrics for "Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me" ⓘ lyrics for "Electricity" ⓘ lyrics for "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" ⓘ lyrics for "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" ⓘ lyrics for "Home Again" ⓘ lyrics for "I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues" ⓘ lyrics for "I Want Love" ⓘ lyrics for "I’m Still Standing" ⓘ lyrics for "Levon" ⓘ lyrics for "Little Jeannie" ⓘ lyrics for "Looking Up" ⓘ lyrics for "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" ⓘ lyrics for "Nikita" ⓘ lyrics for "Original Sin" ⓘ lyrics for "Philadelphia Freedom" ⓘ lyrics for "Rocket Man" ⓘ lyrics for "Sacrifice" ⓘ lyrics for "Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" ⓘ lyrics for "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" ⓘ lyrics for "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" ⓘ lyrics for "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" ⓘ lyrics for "The Bitch Is Back" ⓘ lyrics for "The Bridge" ⓘ lyrics for "The One" ⓘ lyrics for "This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore" ⓘ lyrics for "Tiny Dancer" ⓘ lyrics for "Your Song" ⓘ lyrics for album "21 at 33" ⓘ lyrics for album "A Single Man" ⓘ lyrics for album "Blue Moves" ⓘ lyrics for album "Breaking Hearts" ⓘ lyrics for album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" ⓘ lyrics for album "Caribou" ⓘ lyrics for album "Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player" ⓘ lyrics for album "Duets" ⓘ lyrics for album "Elton John" ⓘ lyrics for album "Empty Sky" ⓘ lyrics for album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" ⓘ lyrics for album "Here and There" ⓘ lyrics for album "Honky Château" ⓘ lyrics for album "Ice on Fire" ⓘ lyrics for album "Jump Up!" ⓘ lyrics for album "Leather Jackets" ⓘ lyrics for album "Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra" ⓘ lyrics for album "Live in New York at Madison Square Garden" ⓘ lyrics for album "Love Songs" ⓘ lyrics for album "Made in England" ⓘ lyrics for album "Madman Across the Water" ⓘ lyrics for album "One Night Only – The Greatest Hits" ⓘ lyrics for album "Peachtree Road" ⓘ lyrics for album "Reg Strikes Back" ⓘ lyrics for album "Regimental Sgt. Zippo" ⓘ lyrics for album "Rock of the Westies" ⓘ lyrics for album "Sleeping with the Past" ⓘ lyrics for album "Songs from the West Coast" ⓘ lyrics for album "The Big Picture" ⓘ lyrics for album "The Captain & the Kid" ⓘ lyrics for album "The Diving Board" ⓘ lyrics for album "The Fox" ⓘ lyrics for album "The Lockdown Sessions" ⓘ lyrics for album "The One" ⓘ lyrics for album "Too Low for Zero" ⓘ lyrics for album "Tumbleweed Connection" ⓘ lyrics for album "Victim of Love" ⓘ lyrics for album "Wonderful Crazy Night" ⓘ lyrics for concept album "Tumbleweed Connection" ⓘ memoir "Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me" ⓘ poetry collection "The Devil at High Noon" ⓘ poetry collection "The One Who Writes the Words for Elton John" ⓘ poetry collection "The Songs of Bernie Taupin" ⓘ poetry collection "Tribe" ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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lyricist ⓘ poet ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partnerInWork | Elton John ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
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linked to:
Sleaford
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| previousSpouse |
Maxine Feibelman
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Stephanie Haymes-Roven ⓘ Toni Lynn Russo ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| spouse | Heather Kidd ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1967–present ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Bernie Taupin Description of subject: Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist best known for his long-running songwriting partnership with Elton John, for whom he wrote the lyrics to many of the singer’s most famous hits.
Referenced by (171)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Candle in the Wind
subject linked to:
I’m Still Standing
subject linked to:
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
subject linked to:
Elton John album Empty Sky (session/arranging work)
subject linked to:
Elton John album Empty Sky (session/arranging work)