David Porter
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David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, where he co-wrote numerous hits including classics for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Porter canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3204726 — 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: David Porter Context triple: [That's the Way Love Goes, writer, David Porter]
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A.
William H. Melville
William H. Melville was a notable figure in the field recognized by the Melville Medal, an award established in his honor for distinguished contributions.
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B.
William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge was a prominent early U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the frigate USS Constitution to a major victory over HMS Java in the War of 1812.
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C.
Joseph Drake
Joseph Drake is a film producer and studio executive known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and genre films.
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D.
Joshua Barney
Joshua Barney was an American naval officer and privateer who served with distinction in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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E.
Edward Preble
Edward Preble was a prominent early United States naval officer best known for his aggressive and influential leadership in the Mediterranean during the early 19th century.
- 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: David Porter Target entity description: David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, where he co-wrote numerous hits including classics for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.
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A.
William H. Melville
William H. Melville was a notable figure in the field recognized by the Melville Medal, an award established in his honor for distinguished contributions.
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B.
William Bainbridge
William Bainbridge was a prominent early U.S. Navy officer best known for commanding the frigate USS Constitution to a major victory over HMS Java in the War of 1812.
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C.
Joseph Drake
Joseph Drake is a film producer and studio executive known for his work on numerous Hollywood comedies and genre films.
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D.
Joshua Barney
Joshua Barney was an American naval officer and privateer who served with distinction in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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E.
Edward Preble
Edward Preble was a prominent early United States naval officer best known for his aggressive and influential leadership in the Mediterranean during the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ soul musician ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Isaac Hayes
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Sam & Dave ⓘ Stax Records house band ⓘ
linked to:
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
|
| associatedWith | Memphis soul ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Memphis, Tennessee
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linked to:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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| collaboratedWith |
Isaac Hayes
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Sam & Dave ⓘ |
| creativeRole |
composer
ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ |
| employer | Stax Records ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
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songwriting ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| genre | soul music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| musicBrainzArtistType | person ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableFor |
co-writing numerous soul music hits
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influential work at Stax Records ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hold On, I’m Comin’
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linked to:
Hold On, I’m Coming
I Thank You ⓘ Soul Man ⓘ When Something Is Wrong with My Baby ⓘ co-writing hits for Isaac Hayes ⓘ co-writing hits for Sam & Dave ⓘ |
| occupation |
record producer
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Stax Records ⓘ |
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: David Porter Description of subject: David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, where he co-wrote numerous hits including classics for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.