Mark Lanegan
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Mark Lanegan was an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the Screaming Trees, known for his deep, gravelly voice and dark, blues-infused alternative rock.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Lanegan canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358853 — 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: Mark Lanegan Context triple: [Tom Waits, influenced, Mark Lanegan]
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A.
Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Alice in Chains.
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B.
Alan Sparhawk
Alan Sparhawk is an American musician best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the slowcore band Low, noted for his minimalist, atmospheric songwriting.
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C.
Craig Wedren
Craig Wedren is an American composer and musician best known as the lead singer of the band Shudder to Think and for his extensive work scoring films and television.
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D.
Matt Sweeney
Matt Sweeney is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer known for his work in indie rock and metal bands as well as high-profile collaborations across diverse genres.
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E.
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith was an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics, delicate melodies, and influential contributions to indie and alternative music in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- 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: Mark Lanegan Target entity description: Mark Lanegan was an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the Screaming Trees, known for his deep, gravelly voice and dark, blues-infused alternative rock.
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A.
Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Alice in Chains.
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B.
Alan Sparhawk
Alan Sparhawk is an American musician best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the slowcore band Low, noted for his minimalist, atmospheric songwriting.
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C.
Craig Wedren
Craig Wedren is an American composer and musician best known as the lead singer of the band Shudder to Think and for his extensive work scoring films and television.
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D.
Matt Sweeney
Matt Sweeney is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer known for his work in indie rock and metal bands as well as high-profile collaborations across diverse genres.
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E.
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith was an American singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics, delicate melodies, and influential contributions to indie and alternative music in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ rock singer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2022 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1984 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Greg Dulli
NERFINISHED
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Isobel Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad Season NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens of the Stone Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Screaming Trees NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulsavers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gutter Twins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Mark William Lanegan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | complications from COVID-19 (reported) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-11-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2022-02-22 ⓘ |
| debutSoloAlbum | The Winding Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Lanegan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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blues rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ grunge ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor | deep gravelly voice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Queens of the Stone Age
NERFINISHED
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Screaming Trees NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulsavers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gutter Twins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mark Lanegan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blues Funeral
NERFINISHED
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Bubblegum NERFINISHED ⓘ Gargoyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Sing Backwards and Weep NERFINISHED ⓘ Straight Songs of Sorrow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Winding Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiskey for the Holy Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ellensburg, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| vocalType | baritone ⓘ |
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: Mark Lanegan Description of subject: Mark Lanegan was an American singer-songwriter and frontman of the Screaming Trees, known for his deep, gravelly voice and dark, blues-infused alternative rock.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.