Sonny John Moore
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Sonny John Moore is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and singer best known by his stage name Skrillex, a pioneering figure in modern dubstep and EDM.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sonny John Moore canonical | 8 |
| Sonny Moore | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8841414 — 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: Sonny John Moore Context triple: [Skrillex, birthName, Sonny John Moore]
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A.
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore was an American rhythm and blues singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist of the vocal group The Drifters.
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B.
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore is a former NBA point guard best known for his playmaking and floor leadership with the San Antonio Spurs in the early 1980s.
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C.
Sonny Turner
Sonny Turner was an American R&B singer best known as the lead vocalist of The Platters during their successful 1960s era, helping to revive and sustain the group’s popularity.
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D.
Dan Moore
Dan Moore is a fictional character appearing in the work "Cane."
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E.
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne was an American jazz drummer best known for his dynamic, high-energy work with the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1950s and 1960s.
- 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: Sonny John Moore Target entity description: Sonny John Moore is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and singer best known by his stage name Skrillex, a pioneering figure in modern dubstep and EDM.
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A.
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore was an American rhythm and blues singer best known as a longtime lead vocalist of the vocal group The Drifters.
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B.
Johnny Moore
Johnny Moore is a former NBA point guard best known for his playmaking and floor leadership with the San Antonio Spurs in the early 1980s.
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C.
Sonny Turner
Sonny Turner was an American R&B singer best known as the lead vocalist of The Platters during their successful 1960s era, helping to revive and sustain the group’s popularity.
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D.
Dan Moore
Dan Moore is a fictional character appearing in the work "Cane."
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E.
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne was an American jazz drummer best known for his dynamic, high-energy work with the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Boys Noize
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Diplo ⓘ Dog Blood ⓘ Ellie Goulding ⓘ From First to Last ⓘ Jack Ü ⓘ Justin Bieber ⓘ Korn ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
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Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1988-01-15 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| collaboratedWith |
Boys Noize
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Diplo ⓘ Ellie Goulding ⓘ Justin Bieber ⓘ Korn ⓘ |
| founded | OWSLA ⓘ |
| genre |
brostep
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dubstep ⓘ electro house ⓘ electronic dance music ⓘ trap (EDM) ⓘ |
| influenced |
brostep movement
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modern dubstep ⓘ |
| instrument |
digital audio workstation
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vocals ⓘ |
| memberOf | From First to Last ⓘ |
| name | Sonny John Moore ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | one of the first electronic artists to win multiple Grammy Awards in a single night ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bangarang
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Don’t Get Too Close ⓘ Quest for Fire ⓘ Recess ⓘ Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites ⓘ Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü ⓘ
linked to:
Jack Ü
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| occupation |
DJ
ⓘ
electronic musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel | OWSLA ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
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| role | lead vocalist of From First to Last ⓘ |
| stageName | Skrillex ⓘ |
| startTime |
late 2000s (solo career as Skrillex)
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mid-2000s (career as vocalist in From First to Last) ⓘ |
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: Sonny John Moore Description of subject: Sonny John Moore is an American electronic music producer, DJ, and singer best known by his stage name Skrillex, a pioneering figure in modern dubstep and EDM.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sonny John Moore
linked to: Sonny John Moore
linked to: Sonny John Moore
linked to: Sonny John Moore
subject linked to:
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
subject linked to:
song "Where Are Ü Now" with Skrillex and Justin Bieber
linked to: Sonny John Moore