Gang of Four
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Gang of Four is an English post-punk band known for its politically charged lyrics, jagged guitar sound, and influential fusion of punk, funk, and dance rhythms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gang of Four canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14043487 — 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: Gang of Four Context triple: [The Rapture, influencedBy, Gang of Four]
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Gang of Four
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The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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Fun Boy Three
Fun Boy Three was an early 1980s British new wave/pop group formed by former members of The Specials, known for hits like "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)."
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The Four (Glasgow Style group)
The Four (Glasgow Style group) was a pioneering late-19th-century Glasgow-based artistic collective, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh, known for helping to define the distinctive Glasgow Style within the broader Art Nouveau movement.
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- 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: Gang of Four Target entity description: Gang of Four is an English post-punk band known for its politically charged lyrics, jagged guitar sound, and influential fusion of punk, funk, and dance rhythms.
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A.
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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B.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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C.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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D.
Fun Boy Three
Fun Boy Three was an early 1980s British new wave/pop group formed by former members of The Specials, known for hits like "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)."
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E.
The Four (Glasgow Style group)
The Four (Glasgow Style group) was a pioneering late-19th-century Glasgow-based artistic collective, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh, known for helping to define the distinctive Glasgow Style within the broader Art Nouveau movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.