Dave Sitek
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Dave Sitek is an American musician and record producer best known as a member of TV on the Radio and for his work with numerous indie and alternative rock artists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Sitek canonical | 14 |
| David Andrew Sitek | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7943691 — 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: Dave Sitek Context triple: [Beady Eye, producer, Dave Sitek]
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A.
Josh Srebnick
Josh Srebnick is a central character in the film "While We're Young," portrayed as a middle-aged documentary filmmaker grappling with ambition, authenticity, and aging in contrast to a younger creative couple.
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B.
Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
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C.
Dan Klecko
Dan Klecko is a former American football defensive tackle and fullback who played in the NFL, notably winning multiple Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
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D.
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi is an American actor best known for his long-running role as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on the television series "The X-Files."
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E.
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist and singer best known for serving as the Grateful Dead’s final keyboard player from 1990 until the band’s dissolution in 1995.
- 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: Dave Sitek Target entity description: Dave Sitek is an American musician and record producer best known as a member of TV on the Radio and for his work with numerous indie and alternative rock artists.
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A.
Josh Srebnick
Josh Srebnick is a central character in the film "While We're Young," portrayed as a middle-aged documentary filmmaker grappling with ambition, authenticity, and aging in contrast to a younger creative couple.
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B.
Matt Weitzman
Matt Weitzman is an American television writer and producer best known as a co-creator and executive producer of the animated series "American Dad!"
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C.
Dan Klecko
Dan Klecko is a former American football defensive tackle and fullback who played in the NFL, notably winning multiple Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
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D.
Mitch Pileggi
Mitch Pileggi is an American actor best known for his long-running role as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner on the television series "The X-Files."
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E.
Vince Welnick
Vince Welnick was an American keyboardist and singer best known for serving as the Grateful Dead’s final keyboard player from 1990 until the band’s dissolution in 1995.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ multi-instrumentalist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Beady Eye
ⓘ
Foals ⓘ Jane’s Addiction ⓘ
linked to:
Jane's Addiction
Liars ⓘ Maximum Balloon ⓘ Scarlett Johansson ⓘ TV on the Radio ⓘ Yeah Yeah Yeahs ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | TV on the Radio ⓘ |
| name | Dave Sitek ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Maximum Balloon
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production on TV on the Radio album "Dear Science" ⓘ production on TV on the Radio album "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes" ⓘ production on TV on the Radio album "Nine Types of Light" ⓘ production on TV on the Radio album "Return to Cookie Mountain" ⓘ production work with Beady Eye ⓘ production work with Foals ⓘ production work with Jane’s Addiction ⓘ production work with Liars ⓘ production work with Scarlett Johansson ⓘ production work with TV on the Radio ⓘ production work with Yeah Yeah Yeahs ⓘ solo album "Maximum Balloon" ⓘ |
| occupation |
music video director
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ remixer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
DGC Records
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Interscope Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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New York City ⓘ |
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: Dave Sitek Description of subject: Dave Sitek is an American musician and record producer best known as a member of TV on the Radio and for his work with numerous indie and alternative rock artists.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dave Sitek
linked to: Dave Sitek
subject linked to:
TV on the Radio (via Dave Sitek)
linked to: Dave Sitek
linked to: Dave Sitek