Teddy Hill
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Teddy Hill was an American jazz trumpeter and big band leader prominent in the 1930s swing era, later known for managing the famed Minton's Playhouse in Harlem.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teddy Hill canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9657231 — 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: Teddy Hill Context triple: [Chu Berry, associatedAct, Teddy Hill]
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A.
Joseph Hill
Joseph Hill was a Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter best known as the founding member and frontman of the influential group Culture.
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B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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C.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
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D.
Frank Pembleton
Frank Pembleton is a brilliant, intense, and morally driven homicide detective from the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
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E.
Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 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: Teddy Hill Target entity description: Teddy Hill was an American jazz trumpeter and big band leader prominent in the 1930s swing era, later known for managing the famed Minton's Playhouse in Harlem.
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A.
Joseph Hill
Joseph Hill was a Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter best known as the founding member and frontman of the influential group Culture.
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B.
Winston Hibler
Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
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C.
George Briggs
George Briggs is a drifter and claim jumper in the American frontier who becomes an unlikely escort for three mentally ill women in the novel and film "The Homesman."
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D.
Frank Pembleton
Frank Pembleton is a brilliant, intense, and morally driven homicide detective from the television series "Homicide: Life on the Street."
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E.
Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ trumpeter ⓘ |
| activeIn | Harlem ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | big band jazz ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harlem jazz scene
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Minton's Playhouse ⓘ swing musicians ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalContext | African-American jazz tradition ⓘ |
| era | Swing era ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bandleading
ⓘ
jazz performance ⓘ music ⓘ music management ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| givenName | Teddy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Harlem jazz community
ⓘ
development of modern jazz ⓘ |
| hasNotableBandType | big band ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment industry
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ |
| instrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading a 1930s big band
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supporting early bebop musicians at Minton's Playhouse ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
Harlem, New York City
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linked to:
Harlem
New York City ⓘ |
| movement | swing music ⓘ |
| name | Teddy Hill ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading a big band in the 1930s swing era
ⓘ
managing Minton's Playhouse in Harlem ⓘ |
| notableRole | manager of Minton's Playhouse ⓘ |
| occupation |
bandleader
ⓘ
club manager ⓘ jazz trumpeter ⓘ nightclub manager ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfActivity |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Harlem, New York City
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linked to:
Harlem
Minton's Playhouse ⓘ |
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: Teddy Hill Description of subject: Teddy Hill was an American jazz trumpeter and big band leader prominent in the 1930s swing era, later known for managing the famed Minton's Playhouse in Harlem.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.