Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer)
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Midge Ure is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known as the frontman of Ultravox and co-writer of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1896164 — 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: Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer) Context triple: [Farmer, hasNotableBearer, Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer)]
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A.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
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B.
Martin Fry
Martin Fry is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1980s new wave band ABC.
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C.
Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
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D.
Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known as a dominant ace for the Oakland Athletics during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- 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: Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer) Target entity description: Midge Ure is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known as the frontman of Ultravox and co-writer of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
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A.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
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B.
Martin Fry
Martin Fry is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist of the 1980s new wave band ABC.
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C.
Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
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D.
Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart is a former Major League Baseball pitcher best known as a dominant ace for the Oakland Athletics during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Rich Kids
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Slik ⓘ Thin Lizzy ⓘ Ultravox ⓘ Visage ⓘ |
| birthName |
Midge Ure
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surface form:
James Ure
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| coFounded | Band Aid ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coWrote |
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
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surface form:
Do They Know It's Christmas?
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| familyName | Ure ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
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popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave music
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rock music ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
New Romantic movement
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surface form:
British new wave movement
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| knownFor |
co-writer of Do They Know It's Christmas?
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frontman of Ultravox ⓘ involvement in Band Aid charity projects ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Midge Ure ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
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surface form:
Do They Know It's Christmas?
If I Was ⓘ The Gift (album) ⓘ Ultravox ⓘ
surface form:
Vienna (song) – as vocalist with Ultravox
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| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld | frontman of Ultravox ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| vocalType | tenor ⓘ |
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: Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer) Description of subject: Midge Ure is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known as the frontman of Ultravox and co-writer of the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.