David Wm. Sims
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David Wm. Sims is an American bassist best known for his work in influential noise rock bands such as Rapeman and The Jesus Lizard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Wm. Sims canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161349 — 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 Wm. Sims Context triple: [Rapeman, hasMember, David Wm. Sims]
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A.
Robert L. Simpson
Robert L. Simpson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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C.
James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
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D.
Robert L. Rice
Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
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E.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
- 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 Wm. Sims Target entity description: David Wm. Sims is an American bassist best known for his work in influential noise rock bands such as Rapeman and The Jesus Lizard.
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A.
Robert L. Simpson
Robert L. Simpson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
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C.
James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
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D.
Robert L. Rice
Robert L. Rice was a prominent Utah businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to the University of Utah led to the football stadium bearing his name.
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E.
Alan S. Boyd
Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| associatedBand |
Rapeman
ⓘ
The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
his work as bassist in Rapeman
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his work as bassist in The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
members of Rapeman
ⓘ
members of The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre | noise rock ⓘ |
| hasBlogOrWriting | personal blog about music and life ⓘ |
| hasGivenInterviewsAbout |
his work in Rapeman
ⓘ
his work in The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Rapeman
ⓘ
The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | contributions to noise rock ⓘ |
| notableRole |
bassist of Rapeman
ⓘ
bassist of The Jesus Lizard ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ |
| playsStyle | aggressive bass playing ⓘ |
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 Wm. Sims Description of subject: David Wm. Sims is an American bassist best known for his work in influential noise rock bands such as Rapeman and The Jesus Lizard.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.