Ian Copeland
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Ian Copeland was a prominent American music promoter and talent agent who helped launch the careers of numerous new wave and alternative rock bands in the late 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ian Copeland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6960143 — 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: Ian Copeland Context triple: [Stewart Copeland, hasSibling, Ian Copeland]
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A.
Ben Shepherd
Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
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B.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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C.
Dan Talbot
Dan Talbot was an influential American film distributor and exhibitor known for championing foreign and independent cinema in the United States.
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D.
Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews is an American film composer and musician known for his atmospheric scores for movies such as Donnie Darko and Bridesmaids.
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E.
Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews was a prominent British painter associated with the School of London, known for his psychologically charged figurative works and atmospheric landscapes.
- 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: Ian Copeland Target entity description: Ian Copeland was a prominent American music promoter and talent agent who helped launch the careers of numerous new wave and alternative rock bands in the late 20th century.
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A.
Ben Shepherd
Ben Shepherd is an American musician best known as the longtime bassist for the influential grunge band Soundgarden.
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B.
Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie was an Australian cinematographer best known for his Oscar-winning work on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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C.
Dan Talbot
Dan Talbot was an influential American film distributor and exhibitor known for championing foreign and independent cinema in the United States.
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D.
Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews is an American film composer and musician known for his atmospheric scores for movies such as Donnie Darko and Bridesmaids.
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E.
Michael Andrews
Michael Andrews was a prominent British painter associated with the School of London, known for his psychologically charged figurative works and atmospheric landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
music promoter ⓘ talent agent ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2000s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ian Adie Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
R.E.M.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Squeeze NERFINISHED ⓘ The B-52s NERFINISHED ⓘ The English Beat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Go-Go's NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | melanoma ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-04-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-05-23 ⓘ |
| employer | Frontier Booking International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Frontier Booking International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialty |
alternative rock
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ |
| givenName | Ian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Ian Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering U.S. touring circuits for British and American new wave bands ⓘ |
| notableWork | launching careers of new wave bands in the United States ⓘ |
| occupation |
music promoter
ⓘ
talent agent ⓘ |
| parent | Miles Copeland Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| relative | Lorraine Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling |
Miles Copeland III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Copeland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ian Copeland Description of subject: Ian Copeland was a prominent American music promoter and talent agent who helped launch the careers of numerous new wave and alternative rock bands in the late 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.