Alive Records
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Alive Records is an independent American record label known for releasing early albums by garage rock and blues-influenced bands such as The Black Keys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alive Records canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8865264 — 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: Alive Records Context triple: [The Black Keys, recordLabel, Alive Records]
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A.
Bang Records
Bang Records was a 1960s American record label known for launching the early careers of artists like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison.
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B.
Checker Records
Checker Records was a prominent American blues and R&B record label, affiliated with Chess Records, that released influential recordings by artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Bo Diddley.
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C.
Bedrock Records
Bedrock Records is a prominent UK electronic music label co-founded by John Digweed, known for its influential progressive house and techno releases.
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D.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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E.
Saint Records
Saint Records is an independent record label founded by Solange Knowles to champion experimental R&B and underrepresented artists.
- 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: Alive Records Target entity description: Alive Records is an independent American record label known for releasing early albums by garage rock and blues-influenced bands such as The Black Keys.
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A.
Bang Records
Bang Records was a 1960s American record label known for launching the early careers of artists like Neil Diamond and Van Morrison.
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B.
Checker Records
Checker Records was a prominent American blues and R&B record label, affiliated with Chess Records, that released influential recordings by artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II and Bo Diddley.
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C.
Bedrock Records
Bedrock Records is a prominent UK electronic music label co-founded by John Digweed, known for its influential progressive house and techno releases.
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D.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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E.
Saint Records
Saint Records is an independent record label founded by Solange Knowles to champion experimental R&B and underrepresented artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
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independent record label ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| associatedGenreMovement |
garage rock revival movement
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indie rock scene ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| businessModel | independent label ⓘ |
| businessType | privately held company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionFormat |
compact discs
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digital downloads ⓘ vinyl records ⓘ |
| focus |
blues-influenced rock bands
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emerging bands ⓘ garage rock revival ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
blues rock
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garage rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
releasing vinyl editions of albums
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specializing in underground rock ⓘ supporting blues-influenced rock bands ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | releasing early albums by The Black Keys ⓘ |
| market |
United States rock music market
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international ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio recordings ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Black Diamond Heavies
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Bloody Hollies ⓘ Brian Olive ⓘ Buffalo Killers ⓘ Hacienda ⓘ Henry’s Funeral Shoe ⓘ Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires ⓘ Left Lane Cruiser ⓘ Radio Moscow ⓘ The Black Keys ⓘ Two Gallants ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
promoting rock bands
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releasing records ⓘ signing artists ⓘ |
| product |
albums
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music recordings ⓘ singles ⓘ |
| role | record label for The Black Keys’ early releases ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: Alive Records Description of subject: Alive Records is an independent American record label known for releasing early albums by garage rock and blues-influenced bands such as The Black Keys.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.