Metric
E733229
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and synth-pop band known for their catchy melodies, atmospheric electronics, and the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Emily Haines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metric canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8425443 — 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: Metric Context triple: [MSTRKRFT, notableRemixFor, Metric]
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A.
Metera
Metera is an important archaeological site in Eritrea known for its ancient ruins and inscriptions reflecting the region’s early civilizations.
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B.
MET
MET is the stock ticker symbol for MetLife, Inc., a major global provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs.
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C.
MET
MET is the standard abbreviation used for the National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division.
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D.
Metter
The Metter is a river in Germany that flows through the state of Baden-Württemberg and ultimately joins the Enz River.
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E.
Meritaten
Meritaten was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian princess and Great Royal Wife, best known as the eldest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti during the Amarna period.
- 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: Metric Target entity description: Metric is a Canadian indie rock and synth-pop band known for their catchy melodies, atmospheric electronics, and the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Emily Haines.
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A.
Metera
Metera is an important archaeological site in Eritrea known for its ancient ruins and inscriptions reflecting the region’s early civilizations.
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B.
MET
MET is the stock ticker symbol for MetLife, Inc., a major global provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs.
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C.
MET
MET is the standard abbreviation used for the National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division.
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D.
Metter
The Metter is a river in Germany that flows through the state of Baden-Württemberg and ultimately joins the Enz River.
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E.
Meritaten
Meritaten was an 18th Dynasty Egyptian princess and Great Royal Wife, best known as the eldest daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti during the Amarna period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian indie rock band
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band ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1998 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Broken Social Scene
NERFINISHED
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Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Canada
NERFINISHED
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Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1998 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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indie rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
Art of Doubt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fantasies NERFINISHED ⓘ Formentera NERFINISHED ⓘ Formentera II NERFINISHED ⓘ Grow Up and Blow Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Live It Out NERFINISHED ⓘ Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagans in Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ Synthetica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFrontperson | Emily Haines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Emily Haines
NERFINISHED
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James Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Winstead NERFINISHED ⓘ Joules Scott-Key NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric electronics
ⓘ
catchy melodies ⓘ distinctive vocals of Emily Haines ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Black Sheep
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Breathing Underwater NERFINISHED ⓘ Gimme Sympathy NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Guns Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ Help I’m Alive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Last Gang Records
NERFINISHED
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Metric Music International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInBand |
Emily Haines – keyboards
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Emily Haines – lead vocals ⓘ James Shaw – backing vocals ⓘ James Shaw – guitar ⓘ Joshua Winstead – bass guitar ⓘ Joules Scott-Key – drums ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ilovemetric.com/ ⓘ |
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: Metric Description of subject: Metric is a Canadian indie rock and synth-pop band known for their catchy melodies, atmospheric electronics, and the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Emily Haines.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
MSTRKRFT