Terry Chambers
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Terry Chambers is an English drummer best known as the original percussionist for the new wave band XTC, contributing to their distinctive sound during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terry Chambers canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3972391 — 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: Terry Chambers Context triple: [XTC, member, Terry Chambers]
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A.
Terry Wilkerson
Terry Wilkerson is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the influential talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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B.
Ernie Chambers
Ernie Chambers is a longtime Nebraska state senator and civil rights activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, racial equality, and government accountability.
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C.
J. Terry Williams
J. Terry Williams is a film editor best known for his work on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1976 dark comedy thriller "Family Plot."
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D.
Terry Kimple
Terry Kimple is a fictional character from the animated television series "The Cleveland Show," known as one of Cleveland Brown Jr.'s friends.
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E.
Terry Davis
Terry Davis is a British Labour politician who served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe and was previously a long-standing Member of Parliament in the UK.
- 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: Terry Chambers Target entity description: Terry Chambers is an English drummer best known as the original percussionist for the new wave band XTC, contributing to their distinctive sound during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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A.
Terry Wilkerson
Terry Wilkerson is a television producer best known for serving as an executive producer on the influential talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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B.
Ernie Chambers
Ernie Chambers is a longtime Nebraska state senator and civil rights activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, racial equality, and government accountability.
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C.
J. Terry Williams
J. Terry Williams is a film editor best known for his work on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1976 dark comedy thriller "Family Plot."
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D.
Terry Kimple
Terry Kimple is a fictional character from the animated television series "The Cleveland Show," known as one of Cleveland Brown Jr.'s friends.
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E.
Terry Davis
Terry Davis is a British Labour politician who served as Secretary General of the Council of Europe and was previously a long-standing Member of Parliament in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British musician
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | XTC ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British new wave scene ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1955-07-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlaceCountry |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| contributedTo | distinctive sound of XTC ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 18 July 1955 ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| familyName | Chambers ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
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rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Terry ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| instrument | drums ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leftBand | XTC ⓘ |
| livingStatus | living person ⓘ |
| memberOf | XTC ⓘ |
| name | Terry Chambers ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the original drummer of XTC ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
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musician ⓘ |
| partOf |
English rock drummers
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new wave drummers ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Swindon ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | original percussionist for XTC during their early career ⓘ |
| role | drummer in XTC ⓘ |
| workLocation |
England
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Swindon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Terry Chambers Description of subject: Terry Chambers is an English drummer best known as the original percussionist for the new wave band XTC, contributing to their distinctive sound during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.