Marc Bolan
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Marc Bolan was a pioneering English singer-songwriter and frontman of the glam rock band T. Rex, known for his flamboyant style and influential 1970s hits like "Get It On" and "Children of the Revolution."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marc Bolan canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6280200 — 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: Marc Bolan Context triple: [Boy George, influencedBy, Marc Bolan]
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A.
Topper Headon
Topper Headon is an English drummer best known for his powerful, versatile playing with the influential punk rock band The Clash.
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B.
William Strummer Bissonnette
William Strummer Bissonnette is the son of Canadian actress Molly Parker.
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C.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard.
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D.
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry is an English singer, songwriter, and former Roxy Music frontman known for his suave vocal style and influential role in art rock and glam rock.
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E.
David Parfitt
David Parfitt is a British film producer best known for his Academy Award-winning work on acclaimed dramas such as "Shakespeare in Love."
- 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: Marc Bolan Target entity description: Marc Bolan was a pioneering English singer-songwriter and frontman of the glam rock band T. Rex, known for his flamboyant style and influential 1970s hits like "Get It On" and "Children of the Revolution."
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A.
Topper Headon
Topper Headon is an English drummer best known for his powerful, versatile playing with the influential punk rock band The Clash.
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B.
William Strummer Bissonnette
William Strummer Bissonnette is the son of Canadian actress Molly Parker.
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C.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard.
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D.
Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry is an English singer, songwriter, and former Roxy Music frontman known for his suave vocal style and influential role in art rock and glam rock.
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E.
David Parfitt
David Parfitt is a British film producer best known for his Academy Award-winning work on acclaimed dramas such as "Shakespeare in Love."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glam rock musician
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guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| alias | Tyrannosaurus Rex frontman ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Gloria Jones
NERFINISHED
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John Peel NERFINISHED ⓘ T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrannosaurus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Mark Feld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Golders Green Crematorium, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | car accident ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-09-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1977-09-16 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| genre |
glam rock
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psychedelic folk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasChild | Rolan Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
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Morrissey NERFINISHED ⓘ Suede NERFINISHED ⓘ The New York Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | glam rock ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
T. Rex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tyrannosaurus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
flamboyant stage style
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use of glitter and androgynous fashion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
20th Century Boy
NERFINISHED
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Bang a Gong (Get It On) NERFINISHED ⓘ Children of the Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Electric Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ Get It On NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeepster NERFINISHED ⓘ Metal Guru NERFINISHED ⓘ Ride a White Swan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanx NERFINISHED ⓘ Telegram Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ The Slider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partner | Gloria Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hackney, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Barnes, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–1977 ⓘ |
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: Marc Bolan Description of subject: Marc Bolan was a pioneering English singer-songwriter and frontman of the glam rock band T. Rex, known for his flamboyant style and influential 1970s hits like "Get It On" and "Children of the Revolution."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.