Lucille
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Lucille is the famous black Gibson guitar closely associated with blues legend B.B. King, who named all his guitars by this name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lucille canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T209864 — 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: Lucille Context triple: [B. B. King, notableInstrument, Lucille]
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A.
Lucille
"Lucille" is a 1977 country song by Kenny Rogers that became one of his signature hits and a classic of the genre.
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B.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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C.
Doris
Doris is an Oceanid from Greek mythology, known as the wife of the sea god Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
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D.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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E.
Nancy
Nancy is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" that became especially popular in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
- 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: Lucille Target entity description: Lucille is the famous black Gibson guitar closely associated with blues legend B.B. King, who named all his guitars by this name.
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A.
Lucille
"Lucille" is a 1977 country song by Kenny Rogers that became one of his signature hits and a classic of the genre.
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B.
Barbara
Barbara is a feminine given name of Greek origin that has been widely used in many cultures and languages.
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C.
Doris
Doris is an Oceanid from Greek mythology, known as the wife of the sea god Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
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D.
Lucille Sheardown
Lucille Sheardown was one of the later wives of American inventor Lee de Forest, associated with his personal life rather than his pioneering work in radio and electronics.
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E.
Nancy
Nancy is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "grace" that became especially popular in English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric guitar
ⓘ
musical instrument ⓘ |
| appearsIn | concert films featuring B.B. King ⓘ |
| appearsOn | B.B. King album covers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
B.B. King
ⓘ
linked to:
B. B. King
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| basedOnModel | Gibson ES-355 ⓘ |
| bodyMaterial | laminated maple (on typical Gibson Lucille models) ⓘ |
| bridgeType | Tune-o-matic style bridge (on most models) ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| constructionType | set-neck guitar ⓘ |
| controlLayout | multiple volume and tone controls ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic blues guitar ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various music museums and exhibitions ⓘ |
| feature |
block inlays
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fine-tuning tailpiece (on some models) ⓘ multiple bound body and neck ⓘ no f-holes on the top ⓘ semi-hollow body design ⓘ stereo output (on some models) ⓘ |
| fingerboardMaterial | ebony (on many signature models) ⓘ |
| genreAssociation | blues ⓘ |
| hasInscription |
“Lucille” on the headstock (on signature models)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucille (B.B. King’s guitar)
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| hasModelVariant |
Gibson B.B. King Lucille model
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucille (B.B. King’s guitar)
|
| hasSignatureModel |
Gibson B.B. King Lucille signature guitar
ⓘ
linked to:
Gibson ES-355
|
| influenced | design of other blues-oriented signature guitars ⓘ |
| inspiredByEvent | Arkansas dance hall fire in the 1950s ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Gibson Guitar Corporation ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Gibson B.B. King Lucille
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucille (B.B. King’s guitar)
|
| mentionedIn | B.B. King’s autobiography “Blues All Around Me” ⓘ |
| namedAfter | a woman named Lucille involved in a fight that caused the fire ⓘ |
| namedBy |
B.B. King
ⓘ
linked to:
B. B. King
|
| nameUsage | B.B. King called all of his main guitars “Lucille” ⓘ |
| neckMaterial | maple or mahogany (depending on production year) ⓘ |
| notableFeature | warm, expressive blues tone ⓘ |
| nutWidth | approximately 1.69 inches (typical Gibson spec) ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
B.B. King estate (specific instruments)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lucille (B.B. King’s guitar)
multiple individual instruments owned by B.B. King over his career ⓘ |
| pickupConfiguration | dual humbucking pickups ⓘ |
| primaryPlayer |
B.B. King
ⓘ
linked to:
B. B. King
|
| productionStartedByGibson | 1960s (Lucille-branded models introduced later) ⓘ |
| scaleLength | 24.75 inches (typical Gibson scale) ⓘ |
| signatureSeries |
Gibson Artist Model line
ⓘ
linked to:
Gibson Guitar Corporation
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| stringType | steel strings ⓘ |
| symbolOf | B.B. King’s musical identity ⓘ |
| tailpieceType | TP-6 fine-tuning tailpiece (on many models) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
live performances
ⓘ
studio recordings ⓘ |
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: Lucille Description of subject: Lucille is the famous black Gibson guitar closely associated with blues legend B.B. King, who named all his guitars by this name.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Riley
subject linked to:
“Lucille” (pun on Lou Seal)
subject linked to:
The Walking Dead TV series, Season 6