A Perfect Circle
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A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed by Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Billy Howerdel, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound and critically acclaimed albums like "Mer de Noms" and "Thirteenth Step."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Perfect Circle canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5784098 — 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: A Perfect Circle Context triple: [Tool, associatedAct, A Perfect Circle]
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A.
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band known for its complex song structures, experimental sound, and energetic live performances.
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B.
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, known for blending heavy riffs with atmospheric and experimental soundscapes.
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C.
Spock’s Beard
Spock’s Beard is an American progressive rock band known for its complex compositions, melodic sensibilities, and significant role in the 1990s and 2000s prog revival.
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D.
Lord Huron
Lord Huron is an American indie folk band known for its cinematic, atmospheric sound and storytelling-driven songs such as "The Night We Met."
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E.
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band known for its heavy, riff-driven sound that blends stoner rock, alternative, and hard rock influences.
- 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: A Perfect Circle Target entity description: A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed by Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Billy Howerdel, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound and critically acclaimed albums like "Mer de Noms" and "Thirteenth Step."
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A.
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is an American progressive rock band known for its complex song structures, experimental sound, and energetic live performances.
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B.
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, known for blending heavy riffs with atmospheric and experimental soundscapes.
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C.
Spock’s Beard
Spock’s Beard is an American progressive rock band known for its complex compositions, melodic sensibilities, and significant role in the 1990s and 2000s prog revival.
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D.
Lord Huron
Lord Huron is an American indie folk band known for its cinematic, atmospheric sound and storytelling-driven songs such as "The Night We Met."
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E.
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band known for its heavy, riff-driven sound that blends stoner rock, alternative, and hard rock influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock supergroup
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studio album ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Ashes Divide
NERFINISHED
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Nine Inch Nails NERFINISHED ⓘ Puscifer NERFINISHED ⓘ Smashing Pumpkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy |
Billy Howerdel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maynard James Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative metal
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alternative rock ⓘ art rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Danny Lohner
NERFINISHED
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Marilyn Manson NERFINISHED ⓘ Paz Lenchantin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy Van Leeuwen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Billy Howerdel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Iha NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Friedl NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeordie White NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Freese NERFINISHED ⓘ Matt McJunkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Maynard James Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
atmospheric sound
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melodic sound ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.aperfectcircle.com/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1999 ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Eat the Elephant
NERFINISHED
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Emotive NERFINISHED ⓘ Mer de Noms NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteenth Step NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | A Perfect Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
BMG
NERFINISHED
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Capitol Records ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ |
| studioAlbum |
Eat the Elephant
NERFINISHED
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Emotive NERFINISHED ⓘ Mer de Noms NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteenth Step NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: A Perfect Circle Description of subject: A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed by Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Billy Howerdel, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound and critically acclaimed albums like "Mer de Noms" and "Thirteenth Step."
Referenced by (9)
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subject surface form:
Imagine