Swans
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Swans is an influential American experimental rock band known for its intense, abrasive soundscapes and evolving, genre-defying compositions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swans canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10918597 — 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: Swans Context triple: [The Haxan Cloak, hasCollaboration, Swans]
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A.
Swans
Swans is the common short name for the Sydney Swans, a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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B.
The Swans
The Swans is the commonly used nickname for Swansea City A.F.C., a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales.
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C.
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a pioneering Scottish alternative rock band known for their ethereal soundscapes, innovative guitar textures, and Elizabeth Fraser’s distinctive, often wordless vocals.
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D.
Sunz of Man
Sunz of Man is a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated hip hop group known for its gritty, spiritual, and socially conscious lyricism.
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E.
Lord Huron
Lord Huron is an American indie folk band known for its cinematic, atmospheric sound and storytelling-driven songs such as "The Night We Met."
- 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: Swans Target entity description: Swans is an influential American experimental rock band known for its intense, abrasive soundscapes and evolving, genre-defying compositions.
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A.
Swans
Swans is the common short name for the Sydney Swans, a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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B.
The Swans
The Swans is the commonly used nickname for Swansea City A.F.C., a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales.
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C.
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a pioneering Scottish alternative rock band known for their ethereal soundscapes, innovative guitar textures, and Elizabeth Fraser’s distinctive, often wordless vocals.
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D.
Sunz of Man
Sunz of Man is a Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated hip hop group known for its gritty, spiritual, and socially conscious lyricism.
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E.
Lord Huron
Lord Huron is an American indie folk band known for its cinematic, atmospheric sound and storytelling-driven songs such as "The Night We Met."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American band
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musical group ⓘ rock band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1982–1997
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2010–present ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Angels of Light
NERFINISHED
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Jarboe (solo) NERFINISHED ⓘ World of Skin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandLeader | Michael Gira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| formedInYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| founder | Michael Gira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drone
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experimental rock ⓘ industrial rock ⓘ no wave ⓘ noise rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ post-rock ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Christopher Pravdica
NERFINISHED
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Jarboe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristof Hahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Gira NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Westberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Puleo NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Godflesh
NERFINISHED
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Isis (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ My Bloody Valentine NERFINISHED ⓘ Neurosis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunn O))) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abrasive soundscapes
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intense live performances ⓘ long, repetitive compositions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Children of God
NERFINISHED
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Cop ⓘ Filth NERFINISHED ⓘ Greed NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Money NERFINISHED ⓘ Leaving Meaning NERFINISHED ⓘ Love of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky NERFINISHED ⓘ Soundtracks for the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beggar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Burning World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Glowing Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Annihilator NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seer NERFINISHED ⓘ To Be Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ White Light from the Mouth of Infinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Caroline Records
NERFINISHED
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Gira Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mute Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Young God Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Swans Description of subject: Swans is an influential American experimental rock band known for its intense, abrasive soundscapes and evolving, genre-defying compositions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.