The Format
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The Format was an American indie pop band from Arizona, best known as the precursor to fun. and for its melodic, emotionally driven songwriting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Format canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9042911 — 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: The Format Context triple: [For You, hasCoverVersionBy, The Format]
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A.
The Format
The Format is a studio album by American rapper AZ, showcasing his intricate lyricism and classic East Coast hip-hop style.
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B.
FORMAT
FORMAT is a FreeDOS utility program used to prepare and initialize disks or partitions with a file system for use by the operating system.
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C.
Standard format
Standard format is a primary competitive mode in Hearthstone that restricts decks to cards from the most recent expansions, promoting a dynamic and regularly evolving metagame.
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D.
A Few Matters of Form
"A Few Matters of Form" is a section in the classic writing guide *The Elements of Style* that offers concise rules on punctuation, usage, and stylistic conventions in English prose.
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E.
Good Form for All Occasions
Good Form for All Occasions is an etiquette guide by Florence Howe Hall that offers advice on proper social conduct and manners in various situations.
- 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: The Format Target entity description: The Format was an American indie pop band from Arizona, best known as the precursor to fun. and for its melodic, emotionally driven songwriting.
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A.
The Format
The Format is a studio album by American rapper AZ, showcasing his intricate lyricism and classic East Coast hip-hop style.
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B.
FORMAT
FORMAT is a FreeDOS utility program used to prepare and initialize disks or partitions with a file system for use by the operating system.
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C.
Standard format
Standard format is a primary competitive mode in Hearthstone that restricts decks to cards from the most recent expansions, promoting a dynamic and regularly evolving metagame.
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D.
A Few Matters of Form
"A Few Matters of Form" is a section in the classic writing guide *The Elements of Style* that offers concise rules on punctuation, usage, and stylistic conventions in English prose.
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E.
Good Form for All Occasions
Good Form for All Occasions is an etiquette guide by Florence Howe Hall that offers advice on proper social conduct and manners in various situations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | indie pop band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| basedIn | Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedIn | 2008 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 2001 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ indie rock ⓘ power pop ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedAct |
Anathallo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steel Train NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honorary Title NERFINISHED ⓘ fun. ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Nate Ruess
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sam Means NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSong |
"Dog Problems"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"Give It Up" NERFINISHED ⓘ "On Your Porch" NERFINISHED ⓘ "She Doesn't Get It" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Snails" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Compromise" NERFINISHED ⓘ "The First Single (You Know Me)" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Tie the Rope" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelease |
EP "Snails"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EP "The Format" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Dog Problems" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Interventions + Lullabies" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.theformat.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced | fun. ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emotionally driven songwriting
ⓘ
melodic songwriting ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableAs | precursor to the band fun. ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Peoria, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Elektra Records
ⓘ
Nettwerk Records NERFINISHED ⓘ The Vanity Label NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reunionYearsStartYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| reunitedIn | 2020 ⓘ |
| style |
harmony-rich arrangements
ⓘ
lyric-driven compositions ⓘ theatrical pop influences ⓘ |
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: The Format Description of subject: The Format was an American indie pop band from Arizona, best known as the precursor to fun. and for its melodic, emotionally driven songwriting.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.