Peter Hook
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Peter Hook is an English bassist, musician, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Hook canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6522398 — 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: Peter Hook Context triple: [New Order, foundedBy, Peter Hook]
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A.
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner is an English singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor, the influential electronic rock group New Order.
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B.
Stephen Morris
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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C.
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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D.
John Squire
John Squire is an English musician and visual artist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
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E.
Steve Nicol
Steve Nicol is a former Scottish footballer and long-time New England Revolution head coach known for his successful managerial tenure in Major League Soccer.
- 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: Peter Hook Target entity description: Peter Hook is an English bassist, musician, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order.
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A.
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner is an English singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor, the influential electronic rock group New Order.
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B.
Stephen Morris
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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C.
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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D.
John Squire
John Squire is an English musician and visual artist best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the influential alternative rock band The Stone Roses.
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E.
Steve Nicol
Steve Nicol is a former Scottish footballer and long-time New England Revolution head coach known for his successful managerial tenure in Major League Soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1976 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hooky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Factory Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Haçienda nightclub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Substance: Inside New Order
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Manchester, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Peter Woodhead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coOwnerOf | The Haçienda nightclub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-02-13 ⓘ |
| formedBand |
Freebass
NERFINISHED
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Monaco NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hook and The Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingMemberOf |
Joy Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
dance-rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Heather Hook
NERFINISHED
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Jack Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | alternative rock bass playing ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Freebass
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Monaco NERFINISHED ⓘ New Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Hook and The Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinctive melodic high-register bass style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Closer (album)
NERFINISHED
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Power, Corruption & Lies (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Technique (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Unknown Pleasures (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
DJ
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author ⓘ bassist ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Salford, Lancashire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Caroline Aherne
NERFINISHED
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Irene Woodhead NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic | use of chorus and delay effects on bass ⓘ |
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: Peter Hook Description of subject: Peter Hook is an English bassist, musician, and songwriter best known as a founding member of the post-punk bands Joy Division and New Order.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.