Johnny Marr & The Healers
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Johnny Marr & The Healers was an early-2000s rock band led by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, known for its melodic, guitar-driven sound and collaborations with notable musicians.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johnny Marr & The Healers canonical | 1 |
| Johnny Marr and the Healers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7942495 — 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: Johnny Marr & The Healers Context triple: [Zak Starkey, memberOf, Johnny Marr & The Healers]
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A.
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present is a British indie rock band formed in the mid-1980s, known for their fast-paced guitar sound and emotionally charged, literate lyrics.
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B.
Mystery Jets
Mystery Jets are an English indie rock band known for their eclectic sound and contributions to the mid-2000s UK alternative music scene.
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C.
The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band formed in the early 1980s, known for blending roots rock, punk energy, and country influences.
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D.
The High Llamas
The High Llamas are a British band led by Sean O'Hagan, known for their lush, orchestrated pop that blends Beach Boys-style harmonies with experimental and electronic influences.
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E.
The Paul Weller Band
The Paul Weller Band is the backing group formed to support English singer-songwriter Paul Weller’s solo career in live performances and recordings.
- 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: Johnny Marr & The Healers Target entity description: Johnny Marr & The Healers was an early-2000s rock band led by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, known for its melodic, guitar-driven sound and collaborations with notable musicians.
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A.
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present is a British indie rock band formed in the mid-1980s, known for their fast-paced guitar sound and emotionally charged, literate lyrics.
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B.
Mystery Jets
Mystery Jets are an English indie rock band known for their eclectic sound and contributions to the mid-2000s UK alternative music scene.
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C.
The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band formed in the early 1980s, known for blending roots rock, punk energy, and country influences.
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D.
The High Llamas
The High Llamas are a British band led by Sean O'Hagan, known for their lush, orchestrated pop that blends Beach Boys-style harmonies with experimental and electronic influences.
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E.
The Paul Weller Band
The Paul Weller Band is the backing group formed to support English singer-songwriter Paul Weller’s solo career in live performances and recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| associatedWith | The Smiths ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Alonza Bevan
ⓘ
Zak Starkey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Boomslang ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasGenreCharacteristic | melodic guitar-driven sound ⓘ |
| hasLeaderBackground | former guitarist of The Smiths ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alonza Bevan
ⓘ
Johnny Marr ⓘ Zak Starkey ⓘ |
| hasMusicalRole | backing band for Johnny Marr ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
collaborations with notable musicians
ⓘ
guitar-centered arrangements ⓘ |
| hasPart | touring lineup ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySongwriter | Johnny Marr ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leader | Johnny Marr ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentalist |
Alonza Bevan
ⓘ
Johnny Marr ⓘ Zak Starkey ⓘ |
| notableWork | Boomslang ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Artistdirect Records
ⓘ
iMusic ⓘ |
| startTime | early 2000s ⓘ |
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: Johnny Marr & The Healers Description of subject: Johnny Marr & The Healers was an early-2000s rock band led by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, known for its melodic, guitar-driven sound and collaborations with notable musicians.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Johnny Marr & The Healers