Ultravox
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Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ultravox canonical | 4 |
| Vienna (song) – as vocalist with Ultravox | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4696274 — 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: Ultravox Context triple: [New Romantic movement, notableFigure, Ultravox]
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A.
Visage
Visage was a British synth-pop band best known for their influential role in the New Romantic movement and their hit single "Fade to Grey."
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B.
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.
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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.
New Order
New Order is an influential English rock band formed in 1980 by the remaining members of Joy Division, known for pioneering a blend of post-punk and electronic dance music.
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E.
XTC
XTC is an influential English rock band known for its inventive songwriting, melodic sophistication, and significant impact on new wave and alternative music from the late 1970s onward.
- 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: Ultravox Target entity description: Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
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A.
Visage
Visage was a British synth-pop band best known for their influential role in the New Romantic movement and their hit single "Fade to Grey."
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B.
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.
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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.
New Order
New Order is an influential English rock band formed in 1980 by the remaining members of Joy Division, known for pioneering a blend of post-punk and electronic dance music.
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E.
XTC
XTC is an influential English rock band known for its inventive songwriting, melodic sophistication, and significant impact on new wave and alternative music from the late 1970s onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ new wave band ⓘ synth-pop band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Band Aid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Foxx (solo) NERFINISHED ⓘ Midge Ure (solo) NERFINISHED ⓘ Visage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eraOfPeakPopularity | early 1980s ⓘ |
| formedInCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| foundingMember |
Billy Currie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ John Foxx NERFINISHED ⓘ Stevie Shears NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Cann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
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electronic music ⓘ new romantic ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasFormerName | Tiger Lily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
1980s synth-pop
ⓘ
new romantic movement ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Lament
NERFINISHED
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Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Rage in Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ Systems of Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultravox! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Billy Currie
NERFINISHED
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Chris Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ John Foxx NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Brzezicki NERFINISHED ⓘ Midge Ure NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Stevie Shears NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Cann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSongFeature |
dramatic vocals
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prominent synthesizer leads ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
NERFINISHED
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Hymn NERFINISHED ⓘ Reap the Wild Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Voice NERFINISHED ⓘ Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Chrysalis Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
atmospheric sound
ⓘ
electronic textures ⓘ use of synthesizers ⓘ |
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: Ultravox Description of subject: Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Midge Ure
subject surface form:
Midge Ure
this entity surface form:
Vienna (song) – as vocalist with Ultravox