Death from Above 1979
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Death from Above 1979 is a Canadian dance-punk duo known for its heavy bass-driven sound and energetic, noise-infused rock performances.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Death From Above 1979 | 1 |
| Death from Above | 1 |
| Death from Above 1979 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8425425 — 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: Death from Above 1979 Context triple: [MSTRKRFT, associatedAct, Death from Above 1979]
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A.
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan is an American indie rock band from Washington, D.C., known for its inventive, genre-blending sound and influential late-1990s and early-2000s albums.
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B.
Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts is an American indie rock band known for its sharp, punk-influenced sound and intellectually charged, socially observant lyrics.
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C.
Swervedriver
Swervedriver is an English alternative rock band, often associated with the shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, known for their heavy, guitar-driven sound and melodic songwriting.
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D.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
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E.
Sebadoh
Sebadoh is an influential American indie rock band, co-founded by Lou Barlow, known for pioneering the lo-fi aesthetic of the late 1980s and 1990s underground music scene.
- 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: Death from Above 1979 Target entity description: Death from Above 1979 is a Canadian dance-punk duo known for its heavy bass-driven sound and energetic, noise-infused rock performances.
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A.
The Dismemberment Plan
The Dismemberment Plan is an American indie rock band from Washington, D.C., known for its inventive, genre-blending sound and influential late-1990s and early-2000s albums.
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B.
Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts is an American indie rock band known for its sharp, punk-influenced sound and intellectually charged, socially observant lyrics.
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C.
Swervedriver
Swervedriver is an English alternative rock band, often associated with the shoegaze scene of the early 1990s, known for their heavy, guitar-driven sound and melodic songwriting.
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D.
Built to Spill
Built to Spill is an American indie rock band known for its intricate guitar work, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the 1990s and 2000s indie music scene.
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E.
Sebadoh
Sebadoh is an influential American indie rock band, co-founded by Lou Barlow, known for pioneering the lo-fi aesthetic of the late 1980s and 1990s underground music scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
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: Death from Above 1979 Description of subject: Death from Above 1979 is a Canadian dance-punk duo known for its heavy bass-driven sound and energetic, noise-infused rock performances.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.