Stephen Stills
E230475
American musician
guitarist
human
multi-instrumentalist
record producer
rock musician
singer-songwriter
Stephen Stills is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Stills canonical | 160 |
| Stephen Stills (solo) | 1 |
| Stephen Stills 2 | 1 |
| Stephen Stills – guitarist and vocalist | 1 |
| Steve Stills | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2011145 — 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: Stephen Stills Context triple: [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, hasMember, Stephen Stills]
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A.
David Crosby
David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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B.
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and influential contributions to the 1970s soft rock and folk-rock genres.
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C.
Neil Young
Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist renowned for his distinctive voice, emotionally raw songwriting, and influential work in both folk and rock music, including with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a solo artist.
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D.
Gene Clark
Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
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E.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
- 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: Stephen Stills Target entity description: Stephen Stills is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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A.
David Crosby
David Crosby was an influential American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as a founding member of The Byrds and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
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B.
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and influential contributions to the 1970s soft rock and folk-rock genres.
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C.
Neil Young
Neil Young is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist renowned for his distinctive voice, emotionally raw songwriting, and influential work in both folk and rock music, including with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and as a solo artist.
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D.
Gene Clark
Gene Clark was an American singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the folk-rock band The Byrds and a key figure in the development of country rock.
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E.
Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren is an American rock musician, singer-songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist best known for his solo work and as a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ record producer ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1960s rock music scene
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1970s rock music scene ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Al Kooper
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David Crosby ⓘ Graham Nash ⓘ Judy Collins ⓘ Neil Young ⓘ Richie Furay ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as member of Buffalo Springfield
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction as member of Crosby, Stills & Nash ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Stills
ⓘ
linked to:
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
|
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
country rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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guitar ⓘ harmonica ⓘ piano ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Buffalo Springfield
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Crosby, Stills & Nash ⓘ Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ Manassas ⓘ The Rides ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Stills ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Manassas
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Stephen Stills ⓘ Stephen Stills 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen Stills
|
| notableFor |
founding member of Buffalo Springfield
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founding member of Crosby, Stills & Nash ⓘ pioneering work in folk rock ⓘ |
| notableWork |
For What It’s Worth
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Love the One You’re With ⓘ
linked to:
Love the One You're With
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| vocalRange | baritone ⓘ |
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: Stephen Stills Description of subject: Stephen Stills is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Referenced by (164)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Stephen Stills
linked to: Stephen Stills