Public Image Ltd
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Public Image Ltd is an English post-punk band formed by former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, known for its experimental, avant-garde approach to rock music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Image Ltd canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5092055 — 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: Public Image Ltd Context triple: [Sex Pistols, associatedAct, Public Image Ltd]
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A.
Obvious Corporation
Obvious Corporation was the early holding company and development vehicle created by Twitter’s founders that incubated and spun out Twitter as an independent company.
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B.
Ad Hominem Enterprises
Ad Hominem Enterprises is a film and television production company associated with projects linked to Cedar Rapids.
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C.
Sky UK Limited
Sky UK Limited is a major British telecommunications and media company best known for its satellite television, broadband, and streaming services across the UK and Europe.
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D.
Palace Entertainment
Palace Entertainment is a U.S.-based amusement park and family entertainment center operator that manages numerous theme parks, water parks, and attractions across North America.
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E.
Spaceship Entertainment
Spaceship Entertainment is a Nigerian record label founded by rapper and producer Ye (formerly known as Kanye West).
- 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: Public Image Ltd Target entity description: Public Image Ltd is an English post-punk band formed by former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, known for its experimental, avant-garde approach to rock music.
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A.
Obvious Corporation
Obvious Corporation was the early holding company and development vehicle created by Twitter’s founders that incubated and spun out Twitter as an independent company.
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B.
Ad Hominem Enterprises
Ad Hominem Enterprises is a film and television production company associated with projects linked to Cedar Rapids.
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C.
Sky UK Limited
Sky UK Limited is a major British telecommunications and media company best known for its satellite television, broadband, and streaming services across the UK and Europe.
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D.
Palace Entertainment
Palace Entertainment is a U.S.-based amusement park and family entertainment center operator that manages numerous theme parks, water parks, and attractions across North America.
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E.
Spaceship Entertainment
Spaceship Entertainment is a Nigerian record label founded by rapper and producer Ye (formerly known as Kanye West).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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post-punk band ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | PiL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Killing Joke
NERFINISHED
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Sex Pistols NERFINISHED ⓘ The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jah Wobble
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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avant-garde rock ⓘ dub ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Allan Dias
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Jah Wobble NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ John McGeoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Edmonds NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Atkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Rambo (drummer) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFrontperson | John Lydon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bruce Smith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jah Wobble NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Edmonds NERFINISHED ⓘ Rambo (drummer) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1978 ⓘ |
| influenced |
alternative rock bands
ⓘ
post-punk bands ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sex Pistols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | post-punk movement ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Death Disco
NERFINISHED
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Disappointed NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Image NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Not a Love Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
9
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Album ⓘ End of World NERFINISHED ⓘ Happy? NERFINISHED ⓘ Metal Box NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Image: First Issue NERFINISHED ⓘ That What Is Not NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flowers of Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is PiL NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get NERFINISHED ⓘ What the World Needs Now... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Elektra Records
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PiL Official NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Public Image Ltd Description of subject: Public Image Ltd is an English post-punk band formed by former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon, known for its experimental, avant-garde approach to rock music.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.