Heaven 17
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Heaven 17 is a British synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s, known for their politically charged lyrics and influential electronic sound on albums like "Penthouse and Pavement."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heaven 17 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7305371 — 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: Heaven 17 Context triple: [The Human League, associatedAct, Heaven 17]
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A.
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
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B.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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C.
Visage
Visage was a British synth-pop band best known for their influential role in the New Romantic movement and their hit single "Fade to Grey."
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D.
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an influential English post-punk band formed in Liverpool in the late 1970s, known for their atmospheric sound and songs like "The Killing Moon."
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E.
Art of Noise
Art of Noise is a pioneering British avant-garde synth-pop group known for its innovative use of sampling and experimental electronic production in the 1980s.
- 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: Heaven 17 Target entity description: Heaven 17 is a British synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s, known for their politically charged lyrics and influential electronic sound on albums like "Penthouse and Pavement."
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A.
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British new wave and synth-pop band best known for their atmospheric, electronic sound and influential role in shaping early 1980s pop music.
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B.
The Human League
The Human League is a pioneering British synth-pop band formed in the late 1970s, best known for their influential electronic sound and hits like "Don't You Want Me."
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C.
Visage
Visage was a British synth-pop band best known for their influential role in the New Romantic movement and their hit single "Fade to Grey."
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D.
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an influential English post-punk band formed in Liverpool in the late 1970s, known for their atmospheric sound and songs like "The Killing Moon."
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E.
Art of Noise
Art of Noise is a pioneering British avant-garde synth-pop group known for its innovative use of sampling and experimental electronic production in the 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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synth-pop band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
British Electric Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heaven 17 featuring Billie Godfrey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | fictional band Heaven 17 from A Clockwork Orange ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
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electronic music ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | political pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later synth-pop artists ⓘ |
| hasPart | British Electric Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1980 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyboardist |
Ian Craig Marsh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martyn Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationFormed | Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsCharacteristic | politically charged lyrics ⓘ |
| member |
Glenn Gregory
NERFINISHED
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Ian Craig Marsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Martyn Ware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
How Men Are
NERFINISHED
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Penthouse and Pavement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Luxury Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Come Live With Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry NERFINISHED ⓘ Let Me Go NERFINISHED ⓘ Temptation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
How Men Are NERFINISHED ⓘ Penthouse and Pavement NERFINISHED ⓘ Temptation NERFINISHED ⓘ The Luxury Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | split in The Human League ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
British Electric Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
| soundCharacteristic |
electronic sound
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use of synthesizers and drum machines ⓘ |
| vocalist | Glenn Gregory 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: Heaven 17 Description of subject: Heaven 17 is a British synth-pop band formed in the early 1980s, known for their politically charged lyrics and influential electronic sound on albums like "Penthouse and Pavement."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.