Peter Gabriel
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Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302853 — 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: Peter Gabriel Context triple: [Ambassador of Conscience Award, hasRecipient, Peter Gabriel]
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A.
Paul Young
Paul Young is an American politician serving as the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
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B.
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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C.
Bono
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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D.
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn is a renowned English record producer, musician, and songwriter known for his influential work in shaping the sound of 1980s pop and new wave music.
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E.
Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton is an English-born Irish musician best known as the longtime bassist for the rock band U2.
- 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: Peter Gabriel Target entity description: Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
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A.
Paul Young
Paul Young is an American politician serving as the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
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B.
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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C.
Bono
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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D.
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn is a renowned English record producer, musician, and songwriter known for his influential work in shaping the sound of 1980s pop and new wave music.
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E.
Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton is an English-born Irish musician best known as the longtime bassist for the rock band U2.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (130)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
activist
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environmentalist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| advocacy |
Amnesty International
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conflict resolution ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ human rights ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist
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surface form:
Brit Award for Best British Male
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video ⓘ Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
Grammy Award for Best New Age Performance ⓘ Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
Ivor Novello Award ⓘ
surface form:
Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement
Man of Peace Award ⓘ Polar Music Prize ⓘ Q Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ |
| birthName |
Peter Gabriel
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peter Brian Gabriel
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-02-13 ⓘ |
| education | Charterhouse School ⓘ |
| endTimeInGenesis | 1975 ⓘ |
| founded |
Genesis
ⓘ
Real World Records ⓘ The Elders ⓘ
surface form:
The Elders (with others)
WOMADelaide ⓘ
surface form:
WOMAD
Witness (human rights organization) ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arcade Fire
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Bon Iver ⓘ Elbow ⓘ Kate Bush ⓘ Muse ⓘ Radiohead ⓘ Steven Wilson ⓘ Tori Amos ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
progressive rock
ⓘ
soul music ⓘ world music traditions ⓘ |
| instrument |
flute
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding WOMAD festival
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human rights activism ⓘ innovative music videos ⓘ multimedia stage shows ⓘ pioneering use of world music influences in rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Genesis
ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as member of Genesis)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as solo artist)
|
| name | Peter Gabriel self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableBand | Genesis ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Brian Eno
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Daniel Lanois ⓘ Kate Bush ⓘ Laurie Anderson ⓘ Sinead O’Connor ⓘ Trent Reznor ⓘ Youssou N’Dour ⓘ |
| notableFestival |
WOMADelaide
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surface form:
WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance)
|
| notableSong |
And Still
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Big Time ⓘ Biko ⓘ Blood of Eden ⓘ Digging in the Dirt ⓘ Don’t Give Up ⓘ Father, Son ⓘ Four Kinds of Horses ⓘ Games Without Frontiers ⓘ Here Comes the Flood ⓘ In Your Eyes ⓘ Live and Let Live ⓘ Love Can Heal ⓘ Mercy Street ⓘ Olive Tree ⓘ Panopticom ⓘ Playing for Time ⓘ Red Rain ⓘ Road to Joy ⓘ Shock the Monkey ⓘ Sledgehammer ⓘ Solsbury Hill ⓘ Steam ⓘ The Barry Williams Show ⓘ The Court ⓘ This Is Home ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album Peter Gabriel (1977)
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album Peter Gabriel (1978) ⓘ album Peter Gabriel (1980) ⓘ album Peter Gabriel (1982) ⓘ album So ⓘ album Up ⓘ album Us ⓘ album i/o ⓘ song score for Rabbit-Proof Fence ⓘ song score for The Last Temptation of Christ ⓘ soundtrack album Birdy ⓘ soundtrack album Long Walk Home ⓘ soundtrack album Passion ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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human rights activist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chobham
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surface form:
Chobham, Surrey, England
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| recordLabel |
Charisma Records
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Geffen Records ⓘ Real World Records ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Wiltshire
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surface form:
Wiltshire, England
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| roleInBand |
flute player of Genesis
ⓘ
lead vocalist of Genesis ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jill Moore
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Meabh Flynn ⓘ |
| startTimeInGenesis | 1967 ⓘ |
| usedTechnology |
Fairlight CMI
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surface form:
Fairlight CMI sampler
digital recording techniques ⓘ |
| yearInductedToRockAndRollHallOfFame |
2010 (as member of Genesis)
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2014 (as solo artist) ⓘ |
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: Peter Gabriel Description of subject: Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
Referenced by (217)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peter Gabriel (I)
this entity surface form:
Peter Gabriel discography