Tears for Fears
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Tears for Fears is a British pop-rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for hits like "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," and "Mad World."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tears for Fears canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5105894 — 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: Tears for Fears Context triple: [Oleta Adams, associatedAct, Tears for Fears]
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A.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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B.
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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C.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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D.
Duran Duran
Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
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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: Tears for Fears Target entity description: Tears for Fears is a British pop-rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for hits like "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," and "Mad World."
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A.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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B.
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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C.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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D.
Duran Duran
Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
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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 (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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new wave band ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Graduate
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Naked Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Oleta Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | The Hurting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInPlace | Bath, Somerset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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new romantic ⓘ new wave ⓘ pop rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
Elemental
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending NERFINISHED ⓘ Raoul and the Kings of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Songs from the Big Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hurting NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seeds of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tipping Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAward | Brit Award for Best British Single NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Ian Stanley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manny Elias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Curt Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roland Orzabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWonAward | Brit Award for Best British Single NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Peter Gabriel
NERFINISHED
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Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Break It Down Again
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Change NERFINISHED ⓘ Everybody Loves a Happy Ending NERFINISHED ⓘ Everybody Wants to Rule the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Head Over Heels NERFINISHED ⓘ Mad World NERFINISHED ⓘ Pale Shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ Shout NERFINISHED ⓘ Sowing the Seeds of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tipping Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Woman in Chains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Tears for Fears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1983
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1985 ⓘ 1989 ⓘ 1993 ⓘ 1995 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2022 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Concord Records
NERFINISHED
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Epic Records ⓘ Fontana Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Records ⓘ Phonogram Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Tears for Fears Description of subject: Tears for Fears is a British pop-rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for hits like "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," and "Mad World."
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.