Word of Mouth (band)
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Word of Mouth was the jazz fusion band led by virtuoso bassist Jaco Pastorius, known for its innovative arrangements and prominent use of brass and woodwind instruments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Word of Mouth (band) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9377836 — 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: Word of Mouth (band) Context triple: [Jaco Pastorius, associatedAct, Word of Mouth (band)]
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A.
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe is an American alternative rock band best known for their 1997 hit single "The Freshmen."
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B.
The Outsyders
The Outsyders are a music production team best known for crafting pop and R&B tracks for major artists in the late 2000s.
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C.
Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band known for blending street punk with folk and rock influences, and for its members’ involvement in various notable punk side projects.
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D.
Front Street West
Front Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto lined with offices, entertainment venues, and historic industrial buildings.
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E.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
- 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: Word of Mouth (band) Target entity description: Word of Mouth was the jazz fusion band led by virtuoso bassist Jaco Pastorius, known for its innovative arrangements and prominent use of brass and woodwind instruments.
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A.
The Verve Pipe
The Verve Pipe is an American alternative rock band best known for their 1997 hit single "The Freshmen."
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B.
The Outsyders
The Outsyders are a music production team best known for crafting pop and R&B tracks for major artists in the late 2000s.
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C.
Swingin' Utters
Swingin' Utters is an American punk rock band known for blending street punk with folk and rock influences, and for its members’ involvement in various notable punk side projects.
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D.
Front Street West
Front Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare in downtown Toronto lined with offices, entertainment venues, and historic industrial buildings.
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E.
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is an influential American alternative rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for their unconventional song structures and the songwriting of Kristin Hersh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | jazz fusion band ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Jaco Pastorius ⓘ |
| associatedGenre |
fusion
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | jazz fusion ⓘ |
| hasCoreConcept | large-ensemble jazz fusion led by electric bass ⓘ |
| hasMember | Jaco Pastorius ⓘ |
| instrumentationIncludes |
brass section
ⓘ
electric bass ⓘ woodwind section ⓘ |
| leader | Jaco Pastorius ⓘ |
| leaderRoleOfJacoPastorius | bassist ⓘ |
| musicalRoleOfEnsemble | backing band for Jaco Pastorius ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative arrangements
ⓘ
prominent use of brass instruments ⓘ prominent use of woodwind instruments ⓘ |
| notableMember | Jaco Pastorius ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
complex arrangements
ⓘ
orchestral jazz fusion sound ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentFamily |
brass
ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
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: Word of Mouth (band) Description of subject: Word of Mouth was the jazz fusion band led by virtuoso bassist Jaco Pastorius, known for its innovative arrangements and prominent use of brass and woodwind instruments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.