Broadcast
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Broadcast was an English indie electronic band known for its haunting blend of 1960s psychedelia, experimental electronics, and ethereal vocals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broadcast canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6404230 — 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: Broadcast Context triple: [Laetitia Sadier, associatedAct, Broadcast]
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A.
Broadcast News
Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film that satirically explores the personal and ethical tensions inside a Washington, D.C. television news network.
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B.
Radio
"Radio" is a pop-R&B song by Beyoncé from her album *I Am... Sasha Fierce*, celebrating the personal and emotional impact of listening to music on the radio.
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C.
Radio
Radio is a 2003 American sports drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a mentally disabled young man who forms a transformative bond with a high school football coach and his team.
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D.
Radio
"Radio" is the 1985 debut studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, widely regarded as a pioneering work in the golden age of hip hop.
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E.
Radio
"Radio" is a studio album by the American bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their blend of traditional and progressive acoustic music.
- 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: Broadcast Target entity description: Broadcast was an English indie electronic band known for its haunting blend of 1960s psychedelia, experimental electronics, and ethereal vocals.
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A.
Broadcast News
Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film that satirically explores the personal and ethical tensions inside a Washington, D.C. television news network.
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B.
Radio
"Radio" is a pop-R&B song by Beyoncé from her album *I Am... Sasha Fierce*, celebrating the personal and emotional impact of listening to music on the radio.
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C.
Radio
Radio is a 2003 American sports drama film starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a mentally disabled young man who forms a transformative bond with a high school football coach and his team.
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D.
Radio
"Radio" is the 1985 debut studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, widely regarded as a pioneering work in the golden age of hip hop.
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E.
Radio
"Radio" is a studio album by the American bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their blend of traditional and progressive acoustic music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English band
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band ⓘ indie electronic band ⓘ |
| activeEndYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| activeStartYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| album |
Haha Sound
NERFINISHED
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Tender Buttons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Noise Made by People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Pram
NERFINISHED
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Stereolab NERFINISHED ⓘ The Focus Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | James Cargill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborativeAlbum | Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilationAlbum |
The Future Crayon
NERFINISHED
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Work and Non Work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | The Noise Made by People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| formedIn | Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-pop
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dream pop ⓘ electronica ⓘ experimental pop ⓘ indie electronic ⓘ psychedelic pop ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Brian O’Shaughnessy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeremy Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Bullock NERFINISHED ⓘ Roj Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brian O’Shaughnessy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Cargill NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Bullock NERFINISHED ⓘ Roj Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ Trish Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | 1960s psychedelia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
retro-futuristic sound
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use of vintage electronics and tape effects ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ethereal vocals
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haunting blend of 1960s psychedelia and experimental electronics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Haha Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Tender Buttons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Future Crayon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Noise Made by People NERFINISHED ⓘ Work and Non Work NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Duophonic
NERFINISHED
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Warp Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Trish Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Broadcast Description of subject: Broadcast was an English indie electronic band known for its haunting blend of 1960s psychedelia, experimental electronics, and ethereal vocals.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.