IRS Records
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IRS Records was an independent record label best known for promoting influential alternative and new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IRS Records canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696679 — 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: IRS Records Context triple: [The Police, recordLabel, IRS Records]
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A.
Registro Federal de Contribuyentes
El Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) es el código de identificación fiscal asignado a personas físicas y morales en México para efectos tributarios y administrativos.
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B.
IRS series
The IRS series is a family of Indian Earth observation satellites used for applications such as resource monitoring, environmental management, and disaster assessment.
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C.
Federal Records
Federal Records was an American rhythm and blues and early rock and roll record label active in the mid-20th century, known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Freddie King.
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D.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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E.
SAR Records
SAR Records was an independent record label from the early 1960s closely associated with soul and gospel music and the career of Sam Cooke.
- 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: IRS Records Target entity description: IRS Records was an independent record label best known for promoting influential alternative and new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Registro Federal de Contribuyentes
El Registro Federal de Contribuyentes (RFC) es el código de identificación fiscal asignado a personas físicas y morales en México para efectos tributarios y administrativos.
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B.
IRS series
The IRS series is a family of Indian Earth observation satellites used for applications such as resource monitoring, environmental management, and disaster assessment.
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C.
Federal Records
Federal Records was an American rhythm and blues and early rock and roll record label active in the mid-20th century, known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Freddie King.
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D.
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing the nation’s tax laws and collecting federal taxes.
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E.
SAR Records
SAR Records was an independent record label from the early 1960s closely associated with soul and gospel music and the career of Sam Cooke.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
ⓘ
record label ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributedBy |
A&M Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EMI NERFINISHED ⓘ MCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
college radio market
ⓘ
underground rock scene ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jay Boberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miles Copeland III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
I.R.S. Americana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I.R.S. No Speak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing early career of R.E.M.
ⓘ
developing early career of The Go-Go's ⓘ influencing 1980s alternative rock ⓘ |
| mediaProject | I.R.S. Records Presents The Cutting Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaProjectType | MTV music program ⓘ |
| notableFor |
promoting alternative rock bands
ⓘ
promoting new wave bands ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
A&M Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EMI NERFINISHED ⓘ MCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedArtist |
Concrete Blonde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fine Young Cannibals NERFINISHED ⓘ General Public NERFINISHED ⓘ Oingo Boingo NERFINISHED ⓘ R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Alarm NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bangles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cramps NERFINISHED ⓘ The English Beat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Go-Go's NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Wall of Voodoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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: IRS Records Description of subject: IRS Records was an independent record label best known for promoting influential alternative and new wave bands in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.