Dan Minor
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Dan Minor was an American jazz trombonist best known for his work in prominent Kansas City swing bands during the 1920s and 1930s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dan Minor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5253528 — 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: Dan Minor Context triple: [Bennie Moten Orchestra, notableMember, Dan Minor]
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A.
Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin is an American film producer known for his frequent collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on acclaimed movies such as Black Swan and The Wrestler.
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B.
Jan Dyer
Jan Dyer is a songwriter best known for co-writing the country duet "Every Time Two Fools Collide."
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C.
Mel Daniels
Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
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D.
Tracey Walter
Tracey Walter is an American character actor known for his quirky, offbeat supporting roles in films such as "Repo Man," "Batman" (1989), and numerous collaborations with director Jonathan Demme.
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E.
Barrie Chase
Barrie Chase is an American actress and dancer best known for her work in 1950s–60s Hollywood films and television, including frequent collaborations with Fred Astaire.
- 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: Dan Minor Target entity description: Dan Minor was an American jazz trombonist best known for his work in prominent Kansas City swing bands during the 1920s and 1930s.
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A.
Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin is an American film producer known for his frequent collaborations with director Darren Aronofsky on acclaimed movies such as Black Swan and The Wrestler.
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B.
Jan Dyer
Jan Dyer is a songwriter best known for co-writing the country duet "Every Time Two Fools Collide."
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C.
Mel Daniels
Mel Daniels was an American professional basketball center best known as a dominant force in the ABA, where he won multiple MVP awards and championships with the Indiana Pacers.
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D.
Tracey Walter
Tracey Walter is an American character actor known for his quirky, offbeat supporting roles in films such as "Repo Man," "Batman" (1989), and numerous collaborations with director Jonathan Demme.
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E.
Barrie Chase
Barrie Chase is an American actress and dancer best known for her work in 1950s–60s Hollywood films and television, including frequent collaborations with Fred Astaire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ trombonist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Kansas City jazz scene
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City jazz
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| activePeriod |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ |
| artisticMovement |
Kansas City jazz
ⓘ
swing era ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American jazz
ⓘ
Kansas City swing ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| instrument | trombone ⓘ |
| musicScene |
Kansas City
ⓘ
linked to:
Kansas City metropolitan area
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | work in Kansas City swing bands ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
trombonist ⓘ |
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: Dan Minor Description of subject: Dan Minor was an American jazz trombonist best known for his work in prominent Kansas City swing bands during the 1920s and 1930s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.