Electronic
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Electronic was a British alternative dance supergroup formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, known for blending synth-pop and guitar-driven indie rock in the late 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electronic canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6522434 — 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: Electronic Context triple: [New Order, associatedAct, Electronic]
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A.
Electro
Electro is a supervillain in the Spider-Man film series who gains powerful electricity-based abilities and becomes one of Spider-Man’s primary adversaries.
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B.
Electric
Electric is a 2013 synth-pop and dance album by the Pet Shop Boys known for its energetic, club-oriented sound and return to a more electronic style.
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C.
Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio is an independent recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, best known for its analog-focused production ethos and association with engineer and musician Steve Albini.
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D.
EDM
EDM is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers in scores, standings, and statistics.
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E.
Trance
Trance is a 2013 psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle that follows an art auctioneer who partners with a hypnotherapist to recover a stolen painting and his lost memories.
- 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: Electronic Target entity description: Electronic was a British alternative dance supergroup formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, known for blending synth-pop and guitar-driven indie rock in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
Electro
Electro is a supervillain in the Spider-Man film series who gains powerful electricity-based abilities and becomes one of Spider-Man’s primary adversaries.
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B.
Electric
Electric is a 2013 synth-pop and dance album by the Pet Shop Boys known for its energetic, club-oriented sound and return to a more electronic style.
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C.
Electrical Audio
Electrical Audio is an independent recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, best known for its analog-focused production ethos and association with engineer and musician Steve Albini.
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D.
EDM
EDM is the standard three-letter abbreviation used for the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers in scores, standings, and statistics.
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E.
Trance
Trance is a 2013 psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle that follows an art auctioneer who partners with a hypnotherapist to recover a stolen painting and his lost memories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British alternative dance group
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supergroup ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1990s
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late 1980s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 2001 ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Bernard Sumner
ⓘ
Johnny Marr ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative dance
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alternative rock ⓘ dance-rock ⓘ electronic rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedAct |
Karl Bartos
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Kraftwerk ⓘ Neil Tennant ⓘ New Order ⓘ Oasis ⓘ Pet Shop Boys ⓘ Revenge ⓘ The Other Two ⓘ The Smiths ⓘ The The ⓘ |
| hasPart | live backing musicians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
New Order
ⓘ
The Smiths ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation |
England
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Manchester ⓘ |
| member |
Bernard Sumner
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Johnny Marr ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Forbidden City
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Second Nature ⓘ Vivid ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Disappointed
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Electronic (album) ⓘ Get the Message ⓘ Getting Away with It ⓘ Raise the Pressure ⓘ Twisted Tenderness ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Factory Records
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Parlophone ⓘ Virgin Records ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| startTime | 1988 ⓘ |
| style | blend of synth-pop and guitar-driven indie rock ⓘ |
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: Electronic Description of subject: Electronic was a British alternative dance supergroup formed by Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, known for blending synth-pop and guitar-driven indie rock in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.