Passengers (band)
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Passengers is an experimental music project formed by U2 and producer Brian Eno, known for its atmospheric, soundtrack-like compositions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passengers (band) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5929741 — 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: Passengers (band) Context triple: [David Howell Evans, hasAssociatedAct, Passengers (band)]
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A.
The Tourists
The Tourists were a late-1970s British new wave band best known as the pre-Eurythmics group featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.
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B.
Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
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C.
Trevians
Trevians are the athletic teams and student representatives of New Trier High School, symbolizing the school's competitive and community spirit.
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D.
The Musicians
"The Musicians" is a short story from Ray Bradbury’s science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting human encounters and eerie remnants on a colonized Mars.
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E.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
- 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: Passengers (band) Target entity description: Passengers is an experimental music project formed by U2 and producer Brian Eno, known for its atmospheric, soundtrack-like compositions.
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A.
The Tourists
The Tourists were a late-1970s British new wave band best known as the pre-Eurythmics group featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart.
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B.
Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
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C.
Trevians
Trevians are the athletic teams and student representatives of New Trier High School, symbolizing the school's competitive and community spirit.
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D.
The Musicians
"The Musicians" is a short story from Ray Bradbury’s science fiction collection *The Martian Chronicles*, depicting human encounters and eerie remnants on a colonized Mars.
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E.
Sakonnet band
The Sakonnet band was a local group of the Wampanoag people who inhabited the Sakonnet region of what is now southeastern Rhode Island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U2 side project
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experimental music project ⓘ musical group ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Brian Eno
NERFINISHED
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Howie B NERFINISHED ⓘ Pavarotti NERFINISHED ⓘ U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborationWith |
Howie B
NERFINISHED
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Luciano Pavarotti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describedAs | fictional soundtrack creators ⓘ |
| formedAs | studio project ⓘ |
| genre |
ambient
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electronic ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
atmospheric sound
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cinematic style ⓘ instrumental focus ⓘ soundtrack-like compositions ⓘ use of electronic textures ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adam Clayton
NERFINISHED
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Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ Brian Eno NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProducer |
Brian Eno
NERFINISHED
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Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ Howie B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
atmosphere over traditional song structure
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cinema ⓘ experimentation in sound ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
ambient music
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electronic music ⓘ film soundtracks ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Always Forever Now
NERFINISHED
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Miss Sarajevo NERFINISHED ⓘ Slug NERFINISHED ⓘ Your Blue Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Original Soundtracks 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Island Records
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PolyGram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseType | album project ⓘ |
| usesConcept | imaginary films ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Passengers (band) Description of subject: Passengers is an experimental music project formed by U2 and producer Brian Eno, known for its atmospheric, soundtrack-like compositions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
David Howell Evans