David Grubbs
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David Grubbs is an American musician and composer known for his influential work in experimental rock and post-rock, particularly through projects like Gastr del Sol.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Grubbs canonical | 17 |
| David Grubbs – guitar and vocals | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3495169 — 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 Grubbs Context triple: [Gastr del Sol, member, David Grubbs]
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A.
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the indie rock band Bright Eyes and numerous Saddle Creek Records artists.
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B.
Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, composer, and producer known for his experimental work in rock and avant-garde music, as well as collaborations with artists like Sonic Youth and Wilco.
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C.
John Hoffman
John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
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E.
Doug Koop
Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
- 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 Grubbs Target entity description: David Grubbs is an American musician and composer known for his influential work in experimental rock and post-rock, particularly through projects like Gastr del Sol.
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A.
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with the indie rock band Bright Eyes and numerous Saddle Creek Records artists.
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B.
Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke is an American musician, composer, and producer known for his experimental work in rock and avant-garde music, as well as collaborations with artists like Sonic Youth and Wilco.
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C.
John Hoffman
John Hoffman is an American writer, producer, and director best known for co-creating the mystery-comedy television series "Only Murders in the Building."
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D.
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known as the frontman of the indie rock band Bright Eyes and for his influential work in the indie and folk music scenes.
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E.
Doug Koop
Doug Koop is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be associated with the surname Koop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bastro
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Gastr del Sol ⓘ Jim O'Rourke ⓘ Palace Music ⓘ Squirrel Bait ⓘ The Red Krayola ⓘ Will Oldham ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-09-21 ⓘ |
| employer |
Brooklyn College
ⓘ
City University of New York ⓘ |
| familyName | Grubbs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental music
ⓘ
music ⓘ musicology ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
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experimental rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ post-rock ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
piano ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bastro
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Gastr del Sol ⓘ Squirrel Bait ⓘ The Red Krayola ⓘ |
| name | David Grubbs ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Guess at the Riddle
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An Optimist Notes the Dusk ⓘ Gastr del Sol – Crookt, Crackt, or Fly ⓘ Gastr del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife ⓘ
linked to:
Upgrade & Afterlife
Rickets & Scurvy ⓘ The Plain Where the Palace Stood ⓘ The Thicket ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ professor ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
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: David Grubbs Description of subject: David Grubbs is an American musician and composer known for his influential work in experimental rock and post-rock, particularly through projects like Gastr del Sol.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: David Grubbs