Duran Duran
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Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duran Duran canonical | 138 |
| Duran Duran discography | 3 |
| Duran Duran (1981 album) | 1 |
| Duran Duran (self-titled debut album) | 1 |
| Duran Duran members (uncredited) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1910002 — 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: Duran Duran Context triple: [Mr Hudson, collaboratedWith, Duran Duran]
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A.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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B.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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C.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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D.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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E.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an influential English art rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their innovative blend of glam rock, avant-garde style, and sophisticated pop.
- 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: Duran Duran Target entity description: Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
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A.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
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B.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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C.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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D.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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E.
Roxy Music
Roxy Music is an influential English art rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their innovative blend of glam rock, avant-garde style, and sophisticated pop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
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: Duran Duran Description of subject: Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
Referenced by (144)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Union of the Snake” (Duran Duran)
subject linked to:
“Union of the Snake” (Duran Duran)
subject linked to:
“Union of the Snake” (Duran Duran)
subject linked to:
“Union of the Snake” (Duran Duran)
linked to: Duran Duran
subject linked to:
Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
linked to: Duran Duran