Soft Cell
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Soft Cell is an English synth-pop duo best known for their dark, minimalist electronic sound and their hit cover of "Tainted Love," which became an anthem of the early 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soft Cell canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4696277 — 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: Soft Cell Context triple: [New Romantic movement, notableFigure, Soft Cell]
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A.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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B.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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C.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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D.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an influential English art rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their innovative blend of glam rock, avant-garde style, and sophisticated pop.
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E.
Eurythmics
Eurythmics are a British pop duo, formed by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, known for their innovative synth-pop sound and global hits like "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)."
- 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: Soft Cell Target entity description: Soft Cell is an English synth-pop duo best known for their dark, minimalist electronic sound and their hit cover of "Tainted Love," which became an anthem of the early 1980s.
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A.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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B.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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C.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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D.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an influential English art rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their innovative blend of glam rock, avant-garde style, and sophisticated pop.
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E.
Eurythmics
Eurythmics are a British pop duo, formed by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, known for their innovative synth-pop sound and global hits like "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English musical duo
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musical group ⓘ synth-pop duo ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1984 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1977 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | SoftCell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Marc Almond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
UK Singles Chart
NERFINISHED
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US Billboard Hot 100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | early 1980s pop anthem ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| era | early 1980s ⓘ |
| formedIn |
Leeds
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark wave
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electronic music ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasMember |
David Ball
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marc Almond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1977 ⓘ |
| keyboardist | David Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
nightlife
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relationships ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | minimalist electronic sound ⓘ |
| notableCover | Tainted Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongType | cover version ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bedsitter
NERFINISHED
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret NERFINISHED ⓘ Say Hello, Wave Goodbye NERFINISHED ⓘ Sex Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ Tainted Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Torch NERFINISHED ⓘ What! NERFINISHED ⓘ Where the Heart Is NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalArtistOfTaintedLoveCovered | Gloria Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mercury Records
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Phonogram Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Some Bizzare Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reformedIn |
2001
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2018 ⓘ |
| signatureSong | Tainted Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Marc Almond NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Soft Cell Description of subject: Soft Cell is an English synth-pop duo best known for their dark, minimalist electronic sound and their hit cover of "Tainted Love," which became an anthem of the early 1980s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.