Jeff Coffin
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Jeff Coffin is a Grammy-winning American saxophonist and composer best known for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and later as a prominent member of the Dave Matthews Band.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeff Coffin canonical | 12 |
| Jeff Coffin – saxophones and woodwinds | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4594551 — 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: Jeff Coffin Context triple: [Dave Matthews Band, member, Jeff Coffin]
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A.
Ben Harper
Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for blending folk, blues, rock, and reggae influences in his music.
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B.
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter known for his soulful blend of folk, rock, and jazz influences.
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C.
Cam Guthrie
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
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D.
The Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a renowned American bluegrass group led by singer and guitarist Del McCoury, celebrated for its high-energy traditional style and influential role in modern bluegrass music.
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E.
Mason Jennings
Mason Jennings is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective folk-rock music and storytelling lyrics.
- 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: Jeff Coffin Target entity description: Jeff Coffin is a Grammy-winning American saxophonist and composer best known for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and later as a prominent member of the Dave Matthews Band.
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A.
Ben Harper
Ben Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for blending folk, blues, rock, and reggae influences in his music.
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B.
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter known for his soulful blend of folk, rock, and jazz influences.
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C.
Cam Guthrie
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
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D.
The Del McCoury Band
The Del McCoury Band is a renowned American bluegrass group led by singer and guitarist Del McCoury, celebrated for its high-energy traditional style and influential role in modern bluegrass music.
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E.
Mason Jennings
Mason Jennings is an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective folk-rock music and storytelling lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band member
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| activity |
recording artist
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touring musician ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Coffin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
jazz performance
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music ⓘ music composition ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
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jazz ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeff ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band member
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sideman ⓘ solo artist ⓘ |
| hasWon | multiple Grammy Awards ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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baritone saxophone ⓘ clarinet ⓘ flute ⓘ saxophone ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
membership in Dave Matthews Band
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work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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Dave Matthews Band ⓘ |
| name | Jeff Coffin ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
recordings with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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recordings with Dave Matthews Band ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
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composer ⓘ music educator ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
saxophonist in Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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saxophonist in Dave Matthews Band ⓘ |
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: Jeff Coffin Description of subject: Jeff Coffin is a Grammy-winning American saxophonist and composer best known for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and later as a prominent member of the Dave Matthews Band.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jeff Coffin