Robyn Hitchcock
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Robyn Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his surreal, psychedelic-tinged folk-rock and cult status in alternative music since the late 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robyn Hitchcock canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4807062 — 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: Robyn Hitchcock Context triple: [Desolation Row, hasNotableCoverVersionBy, Robyn Hitchcock]
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A.
Graham Parker
Graham Parker is an English singer-songwriter and bandleader best known for his influential work in the 1970s pub rock and new wave scenes, particularly with his band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
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B.
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker is an English musician, songwriter, and radio presenter best known as the frontman of the Britpop band Pulp.
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C.
Walter Hussey
Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
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D.
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is an English musician and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, later acclaimed for his distinctive solo work blending jazz, rock, and experimental music.
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E.
Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the influential new wave band XTC, known for his inventive songwriting and studio craftsmanship.
- 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: Robyn Hitchcock Target entity description: Robyn Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his surreal, psychedelic-tinged folk-rock and cult status in alternative music since the late 1970s.
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A.
Graham Parker
Graham Parker is an English singer-songwriter and bandleader best known for his influential work in the 1970s pub rock and new wave scenes, particularly with his band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
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B.
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker is an English musician, songwriter, and radio presenter best known as the frontman of the Britpop band Pulp.
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C.
Walter Hussey
Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
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D.
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is an English musician and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, later acclaimed for his distinctive solo work blending jazz, rock, and experimental music.
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E.
Andy Partridge
Andy Partridge is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the influential new wave band XTC, known for his inventive songwriting and studio craftsmanship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Gillian Welch
NERFINISHED
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Grant-Lee Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians NERFINISHED ⓘ The Soft Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Venus 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Robyn Rowan Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1953-03-03 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Black Snake Diamond Röle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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college rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ neo-psychedelia ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bob Dylan
NERFINISHED
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Syd Barrett NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
NERFINISHED
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The Soft Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Venus 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Robyn Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cult status in alternative music
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surreal and psychedelic-tinged lyrics ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performedOn | Austin City Limits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| release |
Black Snake Diamond Röle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Element of Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ Globe of Frogs NERFINISHED ⓘ Goodnight Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ I Often Dream of Trains NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewels for Sophia NERFINISHED ⓘ Love from London NERFINISHED ⓘ Moss Elixir NERFINISHED ⓘ Ole! Tarantula NERFINISHED ⓘ Perspex Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Elvis NERFINISHED ⓘ Respect NERFINISHED ⓘ Robyn Hitchcock (2017 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spooked NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Upstairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Nashville, Tennessee (period of life) ⓘ |
| style |
psychedelic folk-rock
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surrealist songwriting ⓘ |
| website | http://www.robynhitchcock.com/ ⓘ |
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: Robyn Hitchcock Description of subject: Robyn Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his surreal, psychedelic-tinged folk-rock and cult status in alternative music since the late 1970s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.