Scissor Sisters
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Scissor Sisters are an American pop-rock band known for their flamboyant style and dance-oriented hits like "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scissor Sisters canonical | 4 |
| Scissor Sisters (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6253864 — 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: Scissor Sisters Context triple: [Amanda Ghost, hasWorkedWithArtist, Scissor Sisters]
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A.
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo known for their catchy, danceable hits like "That's Not My Name" and "Shut Up and Let Me Go."
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B.
The Donnas
The Donnas were an American all-female rock band known for their high-energy, punk-influenced sound and party-themed anthems that gained popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
The Gossip
The Gossip is an American indie rock band known for its raw, dance-punk sound and the powerful vocals of frontwoman Beth Ditto.
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D.
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop duo of identical twin sisters known for their catchy melodies, emotionally candid lyrics, and influential presence in LGBTQ+ representation in music.
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E.
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap is an Australian indie rock band best known for their atmospheric sound and the hit single "Sweet Disposition."
- 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: Scissor Sisters Target entity description: Scissor Sisters are an American pop-rock band known for their flamboyant style and dance-oriented hits like "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'."
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A.
The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo known for their catchy, danceable hits like "That's Not My Name" and "Shut Up and Let Me Go."
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B.
The Donnas
The Donnas were an American all-female rock band known for their high-energy, punk-influenced sound and party-themed anthems that gained popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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C.
The Gossip
The Gossip is an American indie rock band known for its raw, dance-punk sound and the powerful vocals of frontwoman Beth Ditto.
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D.
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop duo of identical twin sisters known for their catchy melodies, emotionally candid lyrics, and influential presence in LGBTQ+ representation in music.
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E.
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap is an Australian indie rock band best known for their atmospheric sound and the hit single "Sweet Disposition."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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dance-pop band ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 2001 ⓘ |
| album |
Magic Hour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Night Work NERFINISHED ⓘ Scissor Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Ta-Dah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Elton John
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coveredWorkBy | Pink Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Scissor Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 2001 ⓘ |
| fourthAlbum | Magic Hour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fourthAlbumReleaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ electropop ⓘ glam rock ⓘ nu-disco ⓘ pop rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember | Paddy Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dance-oriented pop songs
ⓘ
flamboyant style ⓘ |
| label |
Polydor Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universal Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| member |
Ana Matronic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babydaddy NERFINISHED ⓘ Del Marquis NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake Shears NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddy Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Real NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCover | Comfortably Numb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Any Which Way
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Comfortably Numb NERFINISHED ⓘ Filthy/Gorgeous NERFINISHED ⓘ Fire with Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiss You Off NERFINISHED ⓘ Land of a Thousand Words NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura NERFINISHED ⓘ Let's Have a Kiki NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Only the Horses NERFINISHED ⓘ Take Your Mama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin |
New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondAlbum | Ta-Dah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondAlbumReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| thirdAlbum | Night Work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdAlbumReleaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| website | http://www.scissorsisters.com/ ⓘ |
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: Scissor Sisters Description of subject: Scissor Sisters are an American pop-rock band known for their flamboyant style and dance-oriented hits like "Take Your Mama" and "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'."
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scissor Sisters (album)