James
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James is an English rock band formed in Manchester in the early 1980s, best known for their hit singles such as "Sit Down" and "Laid" and their association with the indie label Factory Records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7373320 — 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: James Context triple: [Factory Records, notableArtist, James]
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John
John is the given name of John D. Rockefeller, the American industrialist and philanthropist who founded Standard Oil and became one of the wealthiest individuals in history.
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John
John is the given name of Sir John Anderson, a British civil servant and politician who played a key role in government during the early 20th century.
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John
John is the given name of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, the 7th Duke of Marlborough, a prominent 19th-century British aristocrat and politician.
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John
John is the given name of John F. Kennedy Jr., the American lawyer, journalist, and son of President John F. Kennedy.
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John
John is the given name of John Francis Dodge, an American automobile pioneer and co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company.
- 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: James Target entity description: James is an English rock band formed in Manchester in the early 1980s, best known for their hit singles such as "Sit Down" and "Laid" and their association with the indie label Factory Records.
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James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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James
James is a prominent early Christian figure, traditionally identified as James the brother of Jesus and a leader in the Jerusalem church.
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James
James is a New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to James the brother of Jesus, emphasizing practical Christian ethics and the relationship between faith and works.
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James
James is a common English surname of Hebrew origin, widely borne by notable figures in sports, politics, and the arts.
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John
John R. Klauder is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to quantum field theory, coherent states, and functional analysis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1982–present ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Brian Eno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFormation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| decadeOfFormation | 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
Britpop
NERFINISHED
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Madchester NERFINISHED ⓘ alternative rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Jim Glennie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | David Baynton-Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Adrian Oxaal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Danielle "Daz" Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Gavan Whelan NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Kulas NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Gilbertson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Yeadon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarist | Larry Gott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyboardist | Mark Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadVocalist | Tim Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Andy Diagram
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Baynton-Power NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Glennie NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Gott NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProducer | Brian Eno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrumpeter | Andy Diagram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViolinist | Saul Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
All the Colours of You
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Be Opened by the Wonderful NERFINISHED ⓘ Girl at the End of the World NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Hey Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ La Petite Mort NERFINISHED ⓘ Laid NERFINISHED ⓘ Living in Extraordinary Times NERFINISHED ⓘ Millionaires NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleased to Meet You NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ The Morning After the Night Before NERFINISHED ⓘ Wah Wah NERFINISHED ⓘ Whiplash NERFINISHED ⓘ Yummy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Born of Frustration
NERFINISHED
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Come Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laid NERFINISHED ⓘ She’s a Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Sit Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Sometimes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Born of Frustration
NERFINISHED
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Come Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) NERFINISHED ⓘ Laid NERFINISHED ⓘ She’s a Star NERFINISHED ⓘ Sit Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Sometimes ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Cooking Vinyl
NERFINISHED
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Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Fontana Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Island Records ⓘ Mercury Records ⓘ Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFormation | 1982 ⓘ |
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: James Description of subject: James is an English rock band formed in Manchester in the early 1980s, best known for their hit singles such as "Sit Down" and "Laid" and their association with the indie label Factory Records.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.