Scott Asheton
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Scott Asheton was an American rock drummer best known as a founding member of the influential proto-punk band The Stooges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scott Asheton canonical | 22 |
| Scott Randolph Asheton | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4124497 — 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: Scott Asheton Context triple: [The Stooges, hasMember, Scott Asheton]
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A.
Ron Asheton
Ron Asheton was an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the influential proto-punk band The Stooges, where his raw, distorted playing helped define the group's sound.
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B.
Shannon Hoon
Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
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C.
Tommy Bangs
Tommy Bangs is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," appearing as one of the next-generation children connected to the original March family from "Little Women."
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D.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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E.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
- 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: Scott Asheton Target entity description: Scott Asheton was an American rock drummer best known as a founding member of the influential proto-punk band The Stooges.
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A.
Ron Asheton
Ron Asheton was an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the influential proto-punk band The Stooges, where his raw, distorted playing helped define the group's sound.
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B.
Shannon Hoon
Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
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C.
Tommy Bangs
Tommy Bangs is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," appearing as one of the next-generation children connected to the original March family from "Little Women."
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D.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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E.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ rock musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2014 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Iggy Pop
ⓘ
Iggy and the Stooges ⓘ
linked to:
The Stooges
James Williamson ⓘ Mike Watt ⓘ Ron Asheton ⓘ The Stooges ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-08-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-03-15 ⓘ |
| familyName | Asheton ⓘ |
| fullName |
Scott Randolph Asheton
ⓘ
linked to:
Scott Asheton
|
| genre |
proto-punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Scott ⓘ |
| hasChild | Leanna Asheton ⓘ |
| instrument | drum kit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Iggy and the Stooges
ⓘ
linked to:
The Stooges
The Stooges ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a founding member of The Stooges
ⓘ
contributions to proto-punk drumming style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fun House (1970 album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Fun House
Raw Power (1973 album) ⓘ
linked to:
Raw Power
Ready to Die (2013 album) ⓘ The Stooges (1969 album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Stooges
The Weirdness (2007 album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Weirdness
|
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Washington, D.C., United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
| placeOfDeath |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ann Arbor
|
| sibling | Ron Asheton ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Asheton ⓘ |
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: Scott Asheton Description of subject: Scott Asheton was an American rock drummer best known as a founding member of the influential proto-punk band The Stooges.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scott Asheton