Philip Selway
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Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip Selway canonical | 18 |
| Phil Selway | 11 |
| Philip Selway (solo) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2010078 — 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: Philip Selway Context triple: [Radiohead, hasMember, Philip Selway]
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A.
Chris Squire
Chris Squire was an English bassist, singer, and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes, renowned for his distinctive melodic bass playing and influential role in the genre.
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B.
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
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C.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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D.
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist best known for his innovative work in progressive rock with bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and his own group Bruford.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- 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: Philip Selway Target entity description: Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
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A.
Chris Squire
Chris Squire was an English bassist, singer, and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes, renowned for his distinctive melodic bass playing and influential role in the genre.
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B.
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an innovative American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his experimental work with King Crimson and numerous other rock and avant-garde artists.
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C.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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D.
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist best known for his innovative work in progressive rock with bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and his own group Bruford.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
7 Worlds Collide
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Neil Finn ⓘ Radiohead ⓘ |
| bandMate |
Colin Greenwood
ⓘ
Ed O’Brien ⓘ
surface form:
Ed O'Brien
Jonny Greenwood ⓘ Thom Yorke ⓘ |
| birthName | Philip James Selway ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| familyName | Selway ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
recording of the album "A Moon Shaped Pool"
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recording of the album "Amnesiac" ⓘ recording of the album "In Rainbows" ⓘ recording of the album "Kid A" ⓘ recording of the album "OK Computer" ⓘ recording of the album "The King of Limbs" ⓘ |
| hasRole |
backing vocalist in Radiohead
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drummer in Radiohead ⓘ solo artist ⓘ |
| instrument |
backing vocals
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drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ percussion ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Radiohead ⓘ |
| name | Philip Selway self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the drummer of Radiohead ⓘ |
| notableWork |
drumming for Radiohead
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solo album "Familial" ⓘ solo album "Strange Dance" ⓘ solo album "Weatherhouse" ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Bella Union
ⓘ
Nonesuch Records ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford ⓘ |
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: Philip Selway Description of subject: Philip Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
Referenced by (30)
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