Broken Bells
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Broken Bells is an American indie rock band and musical project formed by producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' frontman James Mercer, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broken Bells canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5864055 — 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: Broken Bells Context triple: [Danger Mouse, notableWork, Broken Bells]
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A.
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band known for its cinematic, guitar-driven soundscapes and emotionally charged compositions.
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B.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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C.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and lo-fi to folk-influenced sound.
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D.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is a 1934 American musical drama film starring child actress Shirley Temple, best known for featuring her signature song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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E.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
- 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: Broken Bells Target entity description: Broken Bells is an American indie rock band and musical project formed by producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' frontman James Mercer, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound.
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A.
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band known for its cinematic, guitar-driven soundscapes and emotionally charged compositions.
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B.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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C.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and lo-fi to folk-influenced sound.
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D.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is a 1934 American musical drama film starring child actress Shirley Temple, best known for featuring her signature song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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E.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indie rock band
ⓘ
musical project ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
2000s
ⓘ
2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Danger Mouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gnarls Barkley NERFINISHED ⓘ James Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborativeProjectOf |
Danger Mouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | Broken Bells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Danger Mouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ psychedelic pop ⓘ space pop ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
After the Disco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Broken Bells NERFINISHED ⓘ Into the Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEP | Meyrin Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Danger Mouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
atmospheric
ⓘ
cinematic ⓘ melodic ⓘ |
| hasSingle |
After the Disco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Good Luck NERFINISHED ⓘ Holding On for Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Love on the Run NERFINISHED ⓘ Perfect World NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost Inside NERFINISHED ⓘ The High Road NERFINISHED ⓘ We’re Not in Orbit Yet… NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | James Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric sound
ⓘ
melodic sound ⓘ |
| producer | Danger Mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Music
|
| usesInstrumentation |
drums
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
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: Broken Bells Description of subject: Broken Bells is an American indie rock band and musical project formed by producer Danger Mouse and The Shins' frontman James Mercer, known for its atmospheric, melodic sound.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Battle at Garden’s Gate