Eric Leeds
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Eric Leeds is an American saxophonist and composer best known for his long-time collaboration with Prince across projects like The New Power Generation and Madhouse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eric Leeds canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9425590 — 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: Eric Leeds Context triple: [The New Power Generation, hasMember, Eric Leeds]
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A.
Mike Leander
Mike Leander was a British arranger, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work with artists like Gary Glitter and for arranging the Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home.”
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B.
Eric McLeod
Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
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C.
Andrew Laeddis
Andrew Laeddis is the true identity of U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, revealed as a delusional patient in the psychological thriller "Shutter Island."
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D.
Eric Harland
Eric Harland is an acclaimed American jazz drummer known for his innovative, highly dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
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E.
Sean Eldridge
Sean Eldridge is an American political activist, investor, and former congressional candidate known for his work on progressive causes and campaign finance reform.
- 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: Eric Leeds Target entity description: Eric Leeds is an American saxophonist and composer best known for his long-time collaboration with Prince across projects like The New Power Generation and Madhouse.
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A.
Mike Leander
Mike Leander was a British arranger, songwriter, and record producer best known for his work with artists like Gary Glitter and for arranging the Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home.”
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B.
Eric McLeod
Eric McLeod is a film producer known for his work on major Hollywood action and genre movies, including the monster crossover blockbuster "Godzilla vs. Kong."
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C.
Andrew Laeddis
Andrew Laeddis is the true identity of U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, revealed as a delusional patient in the psychological thriller "Shutter Island."
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D.
Eric Harland
Eric Harland is an acclaimed American jazz drummer known for his innovative, highly dynamic playing and collaborations with leading contemporary jazz artists.
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E.
Sean Eldridge
Sean Eldridge is an American political activist, investor, and former congressional candidate known for his work on progressive causes and campaign finance reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1980s music scene
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1990s music scene ⓘ 2000s music scene ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Fdeluxe
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linked to:
fDeluxe
Madhouse ⓘ Prince ⓘ Sheila E. ⓘ The Family ⓘ The New Power Generation ⓘ |
| basedIn | Minnesota ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Prince
ⓘ
Sheila E. ⓘ The Family ⓘ The New Power Generation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
funk ⓘ jazz ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasRole |
band member in Prince’s touring bands
ⓘ
session musician for Prince-related projects ⓘ |
| instrument | saxophone ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Madhouse
ⓘ
Prince and The Revolution ⓘ The New Power Generation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
live performances with Prince
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long-time collaboration with Prince ⓘ saxophone work on Prince studio recordings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lovesexy Live 2 (as featured performer)
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linked to:
Lovesexy Tour
Madhouse ⓘ Now & Again ⓘ The Dopamine Rush ⓘ The Dopamine Rush II ⓘ
linked to:
The Dopamine Rush
Things Left Unsaid ⓘ Times Squared ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | Minneapolis music scene ⓘ |
| performedOnTour |
Prince Lovesexy Tour
ⓘ
linked to:
Lovesexy Tour
Prince Parade Tour ⓘ
linked to:
Parade Tour
Prince Sign o’ the Times Tour ⓘ
linked to:
Sign o’ the Times Tour
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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: Eric Leeds Description of subject: Eric Leeds is an American saxophonist and composer best known for his long-time collaboration with Prince across projects like The New Power Generation and Madhouse.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.