Eric Martin
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Eric Martin is an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Mr. Big.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eric Martin canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10469080 — 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 Martin Context triple: [Avantasia, hasGuestMusician, Eric Martin]
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A.
Steve Bolander
Steve Bolander is a recurring character from the American Graffiti film series, portrayed as one of the central young men navigating coming-of-age challenges in 1960s America.
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B.
Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
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C.
Joe Darlington
Joe Darlington is a notable individual who shares the Darlington surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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D.
Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a founding member of the punk rock band Bad Religion and the founder of Epitaph Records.
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E.
Erik von Detten
Erik von Detten is an American actor best known for his work in popular 1990s and 2000s films and television series, including notable voice roles in animated features.
- 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 Martin Target entity description: Eric Martin is an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Mr. Big.
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A.
Steve Bolander
Steve Bolander is a recurring character from the American Graffiti film series, portrayed as one of the central young men navigating coming-of-age challenges in 1960s America.
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B.
Michael Wilford
Michael Wilford was a British architect known for his postmodern designs and for continuing the work of James Stirling on prominent cultural and public buildings.
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C.
Joe Darlington
Joe Darlington is a notable individual who shares the Darlington surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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D.
Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as a founding member of the punk rock band Bad Religion and the founder of Epitaph Records.
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E.
Erik von Detten
Erik von Detten is an American actor best known for his work in popular 1990s and 2000s films and television series, including notable voice roles in animated features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
rock musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| associatedAct |
415
ⓘ
Eric Martin Band ⓘ Mr. Big ⓘ Scrap Metal ⓘ
linked to:
“Scrap Metal”
Tak Matsumoto Group ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| familyName | Martin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| genre |
AOR
ⓘ
glam metal ⓘ hard rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| hasDiscographySection |
EPs
ⓘ
albums with Mr. Big ⓘ live albums ⓘ singles ⓘ solo albums ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableCollaboration |
Billy Sheehan
ⓘ
Pat Torpey ⓘ Paul Gilbert ⓘ Tak Matsumoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being lead singer of Mr. Big
ⓘ
powerful rock vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mr. Big ⓘ |
| name | Eric Martin ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
ⓘ
Just Take My Heart ⓘ To Be with You ⓘ |
| notableWork | lead vocalist of Mr. Big ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | American rock music scene ⓘ |
| performerOf |
acoustic rock ballads
ⓘ
hard rock music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
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 Martin Description of subject: Eric Martin is an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the hard rock band Mr. Big.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.