Yazoo
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Yazoo was a British synth-pop duo from the early 1980s, best known for combining Vince Clarke’s electronic songwriting with Alison Moyet’s soulful vocals on hits like "Only You" and "Don’t Go."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yazoo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11035907 — 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: Yazoo Context triple: [Erasure, associatedAct, Yazoo]
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A.
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their blend of rock, soul, and R&B and hits like "Listen to the Music" and "What a Fool Believes."
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B.
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, known for its hard rock sound and major commercial success in the 1970s.
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C.
Big Star
Big Star was an American power pop band from the early 1970s, acclaimed for its melodic songwriting and enduring influence on alternative and indie rock.
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D.
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon is an American rock band, formed in the late 1960s, best known for its arena rock sound and hit power ballads like "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."
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E.
Stone Poneys
Stone Poneys were a 1960s American folk-rock trio best known for launching Linda Ronstadt’s career and their hit single “Different Drum.”
- 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: Yazoo Target entity description: Yazoo was a British synth-pop duo from the early 1980s, best known for combining Vince Clarke’s electronic songwriting with Alison Moyet’s soulful vocals on hits like "Only You" and "Don’t Go."
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A.
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their blend of rock, soul, and R&B and hits like "Listen to the Music" and "What a Fool Believes."
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B.
Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, known for its hard rock sound and major commercial success in the 1970s.
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C.
Big Star
Big Star was an American power pop band from the early 1970s, acclaimed for its melodic songwriting and enduring influence on alternative and indie rock.
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D.
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon is an American rock band, formed in the late 1960s, best known for its arena rock sound and hit power ballads like "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."
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E.
Stone Poneys
Stone Poneys were a 1960s American folk-rock trio best known for launching Linda Ronstadt’s career and their hit single “Different Drum.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British musical group
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music duo ⓘ synth-pop duo ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Yaz
NERFINISHED
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Yazoo (band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Depeche Mode
NERFINISHED
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Erasure NERFINISHED ⓘ The Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1983 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1983 ⓘ |
| firstAlbum | Upstairs at Eric’s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Alison Moyet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vince Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCompilationAlbum | Only Yazoo – The Best of Yazoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alison Moyet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vince Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Upstairs at Eric’s
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
You and Me Both NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Basildon, Essex, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainInstrument | synthesizer ⓘ |
| musicPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Don’t Go
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nobody’s Diary NERFINISHED ⓘ Only You NERFINISHED ⓘ Situation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongwriter | Vince Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTour | Reconnected tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableVocalist | Alison Moyet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Don’t Go
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nobody’s Diary NERFINISHED ⓘ Only You NERFINISHED ⓘ Situation ⓘ |
| numberOfStudioAlbums | 2 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Mute Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reunited | 2008 ⓘ |
| secondAlbum | You and Me Both NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1981 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic | combination of electronic songwriting and soulful vocals ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soulful vocals ⓘ |
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: Yazoo Description of subject: Yazoo was a British synth-pop duo from the early 1980s, best known for combining Vince Clarke’s electronic songwriting with Alison Moyet’s soulful vocals on hits like "Only You" and "Don’t Go."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.