Thomas
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Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11632820 — 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: Thomas Context triple: [Tommy Cogbill, givenName, Thomas]
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A.
Thomas
Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament, remembered for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, a prominent 18th-century British Whig statesman and prime minister.
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Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
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Thomas
Thomas is the given name of Thomas Edwards, an English literary critic and poet known for his 18th-century work "The Canons of Criticism."
- 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: Thomas Target entity description: Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country music.
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A.
Thomas
Thomas is the given name of American jazz trombonist and big band leader Tommy Dorsey, a prominent figure of the swing era.
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B.
Thomas
Thomas is the birth name of Thom Yorke, the English musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the band Radiohead.
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C.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of American folk singer-songwriter Tom Paxton, known for his influential protest and contemporary folk songs.
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D.
Thomas
Thomas is the first name of American country music songwriter and recording artist Thom Schuyler.
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E.
Thomas
Thomas is the given first name of the American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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human ⓘ record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
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recording sessions ⓘ |
| genre |
country music
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rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasStageName | Tommy Cogbill ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Tommy Cogbill ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential work in R&B
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influential work in country music ⓘ influential work in soul music ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
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record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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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: Thomas Description of subject: Thomas is the formal given name of American bassist, record producer, and session musician Tommy Cogbill, known for his influential work in soul, R&B, and country music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.