Bono
E23018
Bono is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band U2.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bono canonical | 386 |
| Bono Vox | 1 |
| Bono's mother Iris Hewson | 1 |
| Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. | 1 |
| Paul David Hewson | 1 |
| The Fly (Bono stage persona) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T183285 — 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: Bono Context triple: [U2, hasMember, Bono]
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A.
U2
U2 is an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976, renowned for its anthemic sound, socially conscious lyrics, and global influence on popular music.
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B.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
Paul Young
Paul Young is an American politician serving as the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
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D.
James Blunt
James Blunt is an English singer-songwriter and former British Army officer best known for his hit single "You're Beautiful" and the album "Back to Bedlam."
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E.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
- 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: Bono Target entity description: Bono is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band U2.
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A.
U2
U2 is an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976, renowned for its anthemic sound, socially conscious lyrics, and global influence on popular music.
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B.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
Paul Young
Paul Young is an American politician serving as the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
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D.
James Blunt
James Blunt is an English singer-songwriter and former British Army officer best known for his hit single "You're Beautiful" and the album "Back to Bedlam."
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E.
Brian Bilello
Brian Bilello is an American soccer executive best known for leading Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution as the club’s president.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1976 ⓘ |
| alias |
Bono
ⓘ
surface form:
Bono Vox
|
| associatedAct |
Passengers
ⓘ
U2 ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award
ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Honorary Knighthood (KBE)
|
| birthName |
Bono
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul David Hewson
|
| child |
Elijah Hewson
ⓘ
Eve Hewson ⓘ John Abraham Hewson ⓘ Jordan Hewson ⓘ |
| coFounded |
(RED)
ⓘ
ONE Campaign ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfMarriage | 1982-08-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| eyeCondition | glaucoma ⓘ |
| founded | DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Norman Hewson ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Order of the British Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
|
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
campaigning against poverty in Africa
ⓘ
humanitarian activism ⓘ lead vocalist of U2 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | U2 ⓘ |
| name | Bono self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Achtung Baby
ⓘ
surface form:
Achtung Baby (with U2)
Songs of Experience ⓘ
surface form:
Songs of Experience (with U2)
Songs of Innocence (with U2) ⓘ The Joshua Tree ⓘ
surface form:
The Joshua Tree (with U2)
War (with U2) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| parent |
Bob Hewson
ⓘ
Iris Hewson ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dublin
ⓘ
surface form:
Dublin, Ireland
|
| politicalActivismFocus |
HIV/AIDS awareness and treatment
ⓘ
debt relief for developing countries ⓘ fair trade ⓘ |
| positionInBand |
lead vocalist of U2
ⓘ
primary lyricist of U2 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Dublin
ⓘ
surface form:
Dublin, Ireland
Nice, France ⓘ |
| spouse | Ali Hewson ⓘ |
| stageName | Bono self-link ⓘ |
| yearOfHonor | 2007 ⓘ |
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: Bono Description of subject: Bono is an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the rock band U2.
Referenced by (391)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
U2