Quatermass
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British progressive rock band
album reissue
fictional character
musical trio
musician
screenwriter
song
studio album
Quatermass was a short-lived 1970s British progressive rock band known for its heavy, keyboard-driven sound and cult status among prog rock enthusiasts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quatermass canonical | 6 |
| Quatermass (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13433707 — 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: Quatermass Context triple: [J. Peter Robinson, associatedAct, Quatermass]
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A.
The Quatermass Experiment
The Quatermass Experiment is a pioneering 1953 British science-fiction television serial that introduced Professor Bernard Quatermass and became highly influential in the development of TV and film sci-fi horror.
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B.
Quatermass and the Pit (film)
Quatermass and the Pit is a 1967 British science fiction horror film, based on Nigel Kneale’s TV serial, that blends alien invasion themes with psychological terror beneath the London Underground.
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C.
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science fiction horror film, adapted from a BBC television serial, that helped establish Hammer Film Productions’ reputation in genre cinema.
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D.
Quatermass II
Quatermass II is a 1955 British science-fiction television serial, written by Nigel Kneale for the BBC, that follows Professor Bernard Quatermass as he uncovers a sinister alien infiltration of the British government.
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E.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- 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: Quatermass Target entity description: Quatermass was a short-lived 1970s British progressive rock band known for its heavy, keyboard-driven sound and cult status among prog rock enthusiasts.
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A.
The Quatermass Experiment
The Quatermass Experiment is a pioneering 1953 British science-fiction television serial that introduced Professor Bernard Quatermass and became highly influential in the development of TV and film sci-fi horror.
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B.
Quatermass and the Pit (film)
Quatermass and the Pit is a 1967 British science fiction horror film, based on Nigel Kneale’s TV serial, that blends alien invasion themes with psychological terror beneath the London Underground.
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C.
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 British science fiction horror film, adapted from a BBC television serial, that helped establish Hammer Film Productions’ reputation in genre cinema.
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D.
Quatermass II
Quatermass II is a 1955 British science-fiction television serial, written by Nigel Kneale for the BBC, that follows Professor Bernard Quatermass as he uncovers a sinister alien infiltration of the British government.
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E.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British progressive rock band
ⓘ
album reissue ⓘ fictional character ⓘ musical trio ⓘ musician ⓘ musician ⓘ musician ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ song ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1971 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1969 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Deep Purple
ⓘ
Episode Six ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Nigel Kneale ⓘ |
| debutAlbum |
Quatermass (album)
ⓘ
linked to:
Quatermass
|
| disbanded | early 1970s ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | progressive rock enthusiasts ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentFocus |
Hammond organ
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ |
| hasMember |
J. Peter Robinson
ⓘ
John Gustafson ⓘ Mick Underwood ⓘ |
| hasNotability | cult status ⓘ |
| hasReissue | Quatermass (album) CD reissues ⓘ |
| hasSong | Black Sheep of the Family ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | progressive rock ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Professor Bernard Quatermass ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
heavy sound
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keyboard-driven sound ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lack of guitarist in lineup
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organ-led power trio format ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
drummer ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| performer |
Quatermass
ⓘ
Quatermass ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Harvest Records
ⓘ
Harvest Records ⓘ |
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: Quatermass Description of subject: Quatermass was a short-lived 1970s British progressive rock band known for its heavy, keyboard-driven sound and cult status among prog rock enthusiasts.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.