Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
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Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band is an American rock group formed by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst as a backing and collaborative band for his solo projects, blending folk, rock, and alt-country influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8672081 — 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: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Context triple: [Outer South, artist, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band]
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A.
Band of Horses
Band of Horses is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric sound, emotive lyrics, and albums like "Everything All the Time" and "Cease to Begin."
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B.
Blind Pilot
Blind Pilot is an American indie folk band known for its melodic, introspective songs and acoustic-driven sound.
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C.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
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D.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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E.
Okkervil River
Okkervil River is an American indie rock band known for its literate songwriting, narrative-driven albums, and emotionally rich performances.
- 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: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Target entity description: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band is an American rock group formed by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst as a backing and collaborative band for his solo projects, blending folk, rock, and alt-country influences.
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A.
Band of Horses
Band of Horses is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric sound, emotive lyrics, and albums like "Everything All the Time" and "Cease to Begin."
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B.
Blind Pilot
Blind Pilot is an American indie folk band known for its melodic, introspective songs and acoustic-driven sound.
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C.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
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D.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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E.
Okkervil River
Okkervil River is an American indie rock band known for its literate songwriting, narrative-driven albums, and emotionally rich performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American rock band ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
2000s
ⓘ
2010s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bright Eyes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Conor Oberst NERFINISHED ⓘ Desaparecidos NERFINISHED ⓘ Monsters of Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Omaha, Nebraska (association via Saddle Creek scene) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | Conor Oberst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alt-country
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ trumpet ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasLeadMember | Conor Oberst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Conor Oberst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Boesel NERFINISHED ⓘ Macey Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Nate Walcott NERFINISHED ⓘ Nik Freitas NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Hollingsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalRole |
backing band for Conor Oberst solo projects
ⓘ
collaborative band for songwriting and recording ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Conor Oberst (album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Outer South (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2007 ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Cape Canaveral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikorette NERFINISHED ⓘ Roosevelt Room NERFINISHED ⓘ Slowly (Oh So Slowly) NERFINISHED ⓘ Souled Out!!! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Conor Oberst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Outer South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Merge Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saddle Creek Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 2007 ⓘ |
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: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Description of subject: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band is an American rock group formed by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst as a backing and collaborative band for his solo projects, blending folk, rock, and alt-country influences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Outer South
subject surface form:
Outer South