Simon Le Bon
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Simon Le Bon is an English singer and lyricist best known as the lead vocalist of the new wave band Duran Duran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Le Bon canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5342726 — 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: Simon Le Bon Context triple: [Union of the Snake, writer, Simon Le Bon]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mick Jones
Mick Jones is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the influential punk rock band The Clash.
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C.
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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D.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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E.
Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor is the wise, kind-hearted sheriff and widowed father who serves as the central figure in the classic American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
- 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: Simon Le Bon Target entity description: Simon Le Bon is an English singer and lyricist best known as the lead vocalist of the new wave band Duran Duran.
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A.
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.
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B.
Mick Jones
Mick Jones is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the influential punk rock band The Clash.
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C.
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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D.
Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland is an American drummer and composer best known as the co-founder and drummer of the rock band The Police and for his extensive work in film and television scoring.
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E.
Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor is the wise, kind-hearted sheriff and widowed father who serves as the central figure in the classic American television sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Music Video (with Duran Duran)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MTV Video Music Awards (with Duran Duran) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Simon John Charles Le Bon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| charityWork | involved in various environmental and humanitarian causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-10-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Nye Bevan School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pinner County Grammar School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eyeColor | blue ⓘ |
| formedSideProject | Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hairColor | blond (often dyed) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roxy Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Simon Le Bon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | frontman of one of the leading bands of the 1980s new wave movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | survived 1985 Drum capsizing yacht accident during Fastnet Race ⓘ |
| notableTour | Duran Duran world tours in the 1980s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Come Undone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hungry Like the Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ordinary World NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio (album) by Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ Save a Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Reflex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyricist
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bushey, Hertfordshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic (raised) ⓘ |
| residence | London, England (reported) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Yasmin Le Bon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | fashion model ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand | 1980 ⓘ |
| vocalRole | lead vocalist of Duran Duran ⓘ |
| voiceType | 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: Simon Le Bon Description of subject: Simon Le Bon is an English singer and lyricist best known as the lead vocalist of the new wave band Duran Duran.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Union of the Snake
subject surface form:
Union of the Snake
subject surface form:
Do They Know It’s Christmas?