Death Cab for Cutie
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Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band known for its introspective lyrics and melodic, guitar-driven sound, fronted by singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Death Cab for Cutie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8696163 — 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 Cab for Cutie Context triple: [The Postal Service, associatedAct, Death Cab for Cutie]
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A.
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band known for their melodic, introspective songs and influential role in the early 2000s indie music scene.
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B.
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band known for its cinematic, guitar-driven soundscapes and emotionally charged compositions.
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C.
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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D.
Band of Horses
Band of Horses is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric sound, emotive lyrics, and albums like "Everything All the Time" and "Cease to Begin."
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E.
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel is an American indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum, best known for their influential lo-fi, psychedelic folk album "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea."
- 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 Cab for Cutie Target entity description: Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band known for its introspective lyrics and melodic, guitar-driven sound, fronted by singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard.
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A.
The Shins
The Shins are an American indie rock band known for their melodic, introspective songs and influential role in the early 2000s indie music scene.
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B.
Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky is an American instrumental post-rock band known for its cinematic, guitar-driven soundscapes and emotionally charged compositions.
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C.
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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D.
Band of Horses
Band of Horses is an American indie rock band known for its atmospheric sound, emotive lyrics, and albums like "Everything All the Time" and "Cease to Begin."
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E.
Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel is an American indie rock band, led by singer-songwriter Jeff Mangum, best known for their influential lo-fi, psychedelic folk album "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | indie rock band ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedInYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
emo ⓘ indie pop ⓘ indie rock ⓘ power pop ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Nick Harmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | Jason McGerr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Chris Walla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dave Depper NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Schorr NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Good NERFINISHED ⓘ Zac Rae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarist | Chris Walla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeadVocalist | Ben Gibbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalStyle | introspective lyrics ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ben Gibbard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason McGerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Harmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | melodic guitar-driven sound ⓘ |
| hasSongwriter | Ben Gibbard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Built to Spill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R.E.M. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | "Death Cab for Cutie" by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Cath...
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crooked Teeth NERFINISHED ⓘ I Will Follow You into the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ I Will Possess Your Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ Soul Meets Body NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sound of Settling NERFINISHED ⓘ Title and Registration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Asphalt Meadows
NERFINISHED
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Codes and Keys NERFINISHED ⓘ Kintsugi NERFINISHED ⓘ Narrow Stairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Plans NERFINISHED ⓘ Something About Airplanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Thank You for Today NERFINISHED ⓘ The Photo Album NERFINISHED ⓘ Transatlanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Bellingham, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Barsuk Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Music Group 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: Death Cab for Cutie Description of subject: Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band known for its introspective lyrics and melodic, guitar-driven sound, fronted by singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Atlantic Records