Stephen Morris
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Stephen Morris is an English drummer and musician best known as a member of the influential post-punk and electronic band New Order (and previously Joy Division).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stephen Morris canonical | 3 |
| Stephen Morris – drums, percussion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6522399 — 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: Stephen Morris Context triple: [New Order, foundedBy, Stephen Morris]
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A.
Martyn Phillips
Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
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B.
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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C.
Scott Robinson
Scott Robinson is a fictional character from the long-running Australian soap opera "Neighbours," known for being one of the show's original and central Ramsay Street residents.
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D.
Marc Bolan
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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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: Stephen Morris Target entity description: Stephen Morris is an English drummer and musician best known as a member of the influential post-punk and electronic band New Order (and previously Joy Division).
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A.
Martyn Phillips
Martyn Phillips is a British record producer best known for his work on early-1990s dance and pop hits, including Londonbeat’s chart-topping single "I've Been Thinking About You."
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B.
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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C.
Scott Robinson
Scott Robinson is a fictional character from the long-running Australian soap opera "Neighbours," known for being one of the show's original and central Ramsay Street residents.
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D.
Marc Bolan
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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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Joy Division
NERFINISHED
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New Order NERFINISHED ⓘ The Other Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1957-10-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Macclesfield, Cheshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Bernard Sumner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gillian Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
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new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
electronic rock
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Joy Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Order NERFINISHED ⓘ The Other Two NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being drummer of Joy Division
ⓘ
being drummer of New Order ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Closer
NERFINISHED
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Get Ready NERFINISHED ⓘ Low-Life NERFINISHED ⓘ Movement ⓘ Music Complete NERFINISHED ⓘ Power, Corruption & Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Technique ⓘ Unknown Pleasures NERFINISHED ⓘ Waiting for the Sirens’ Call NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| residence | Macclesfield, Cheshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Gillian Gilbert 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: Stephen Morris Description of subject: Stephen Morris is an English drummer and musician best known as a member of the influential post-punk and electronic band New Order (and previously Joy Division).
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stephen Morris – drums, percussion