A Certain Ratio
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A Certain Ratio is an English post-punk and funk-influenced band from Manchester known for their association with Factory Records and their pioneering blend of danceable rhythms and experimental rock.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Certain Ratio canonical | 61 |
| A Certain Ratio discography | 2 |
| A Certain Ratio (live) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1319927 — 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: A Certain Ratio Context triple: [Tony Wilson, associatedWith, A Certain Ratio]
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A.
Promise of the Real
Promise of the Real is an American rock band led by Lukas Nelson, known for its roots-rock sound and frequent collaborations and touring with Neil Young.
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B.
Rockpile
Rockpile is a renowned American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, known for its high-elevation vineyards and intensely flavored Zinfandel wines.
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C.
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
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D.
Palace Music
Palace Music is an American indie/alt-country music project led by singer-songwriter Will Oldham, known for its lo-fi, emotionally stark recordings in the 1990s.
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E.
Sweet Melancholy
Sweet Melancholy is a painting by French Neoclassical artist Joseph-Marie Vien that exemplifies his refined, emotionally restrained style and classical themes.
- 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: A Certain Ratio Target entity description: A Certain Ratio is an English post-punk and funk-influenced band from Manchester known for their association with Factory Records and their pioneering blend of danceable rhythms and experimental rock.
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A.
Promise of the Real
Promise of the Real is an American rock band led by Lukas Nelson, known for its roots-rock sound and frequent collaborations and touring with Neil Young.
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B.
Rockpile
Rockpile is a renowned American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, known for its high-elevation vineyards and intensely flavored Zinfandel wines.
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C.
The Hissing of Summer Lawns
The Hissing of Summer Lawns is a 1975 studio album by Joni Mitchell that blends jazz, pop, and experimental elements in a series of lyrically complex, character-driven songs.
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D.
Palace Music
Palace Music is an American indie/alt-country music project led by singer-songwriter Will Oldham, known for its lo-fi, emotionally stark recordings in the 1990s.
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E.
Sweet Melancholy
Sweet Melancholy is a painting by French Neoclassical artist Joseph-Marie Vien that exemplifies his refined, emotionally restrained style and classical themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
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: A Certain Ratio Description of subject: A Certain Ratio is an English post-punk and funk-influenced band from Manchester known for their association with Factory Records and their pioneering blend of danceable rhythms and experimental rock.
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Certain Ratio