Squalls
E470126
Squalls was an Athens, Georgia-based new wave/alternative rock band active in the 1980s, known for its role in the college rock scene alongside groups like R.E.M. and Pylon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Squalls canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4786577 — 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: Squalls Context triple: [Pylon (band) origin scene, associatedBand, Squalls]
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A.
Rains
Rains is the surname of English actor Claude Rains, renowned for his roles in classic films such as "Casablanca" and "The Invisible Man."
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B.
Savage Breeze
Savage Breeze is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Helen Frankenthaler, exemplifying her pioneering soak-stain technique.
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C.
Through the Storm
Through the Storm is a 1989 studio album by Aretha Franklin that blends pop and R&B and features several high-profile guest collaborations.
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D.
Rushes
"Rushes" is a notable work by the artist known as The Fireman, the experimental music project of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.
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E.
The Storm
"The Storm" is a short story by American author Kate Chopin that explores themes of passion, infidelity, and female desire in the context of a brief extramarital encounter during a Louisiana thunderstorm.
- 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: Squalls Target entity description: Squalls was an Athens, Georgia-based new wave/alternative rock band active in the 1980s, known for its role in the college rock scene alongside groups like R.E.M. and Pylon.
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A.
Rains
Rains is the surname of English actor Claude Rains, renowned for his roles in classic films such as "Casablanca" and "The Invisible Man."
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B.
Savage Breeze
Savage Breeze is an abstract expressionist painting by American artist Helen Frankenthaler, exemplifying her pioneering soak-stain technique.
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C.
Through the Storm
Through the Storm is a 1989 studio album by Aretha Franklin that blends pop and R&B and features several high-profile guest collaborations.
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D.
Rushes
"Rushes" is a notable work by the artist known as The Fireman, the experimental music project of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.
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E.
The Storm
"The Storm" is a short story by American author Kate Chopin that explores themes of passion, infidelity, and female desire in the context of a brief extramarital encounter during a Louisiana thunderstorm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical group
ⓘ
rock band ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pylon
ⓘ
R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Athens, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
college rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ |
| hasNotableLocation | Athens, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
alternative rock
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Athens, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American college rock ⓘ |
| notableFor | role in the 1980s college rock scene ⓘ |
| partOf | Athens, Georgia music scene ⓘ |
| scene | Athens college rock scene ⓘ |
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: Squalls Description of subject: Squalls was an Athens, Georgia-based new wave/alternative rock band active in the 1980s, known for its role in the college rock scene alongside groups like R.E.M. and Pylon.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.