The Waterboys
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The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for their anthemic songs like "The Whole of the Moon" and their blend of rock, Celtic, and folk influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Waterboys canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9174127 — 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: The Waterboys Context triple: [Chrysalis Records, signedArtist, The Waterboys]
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A.
The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band was a highly influential 1970s Irish traditional music group known for its virtuosic playing, innovative arrangements, and major impact on the modern Celtic music revival.
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B.
The Pogues
The Pogues were an influential Anglo-Irish band known for fusing traditional Celtic folk music with punk rock energy and poetic, often gritty storytelling.
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C.
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh alternative rock band known for their eclectic, psychedelic sound and inventive, genre-blending albums.
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D.
Stereophonics
Stereophonics is a Welsh rock band known for their gritty guitar sound and hit songs like "Dakota" and "Have a Nice Day."
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E.
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are an acclaimed Irish traditional folk band known for popularizing Celtic music worldwide and collaborating with numerous prominent 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: The Waterboys Target entity description: The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for their anthemic songs like "The Whole of the Moon" and their blend of rock, Celtic, and folk influences.
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A.
The Bothy Band
The Bothy Band was a highly influential 1970s Irish traditional music group known for its virtuosic playing, innovative arrangements, and major impact on the modern Celtic music revival.
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B.
The Pogues
The Pogues were an influential Anglo-Irish band known for fusing traditional Celtic folk music with punk rock energy and poetic, often gritty storytelling.
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C.
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh alternative rock band known for their eclectic, psychedelic sound and inventive, genre-blending albums.
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D.
Stereophonics
Stereophonics is a Welsh rock band known for their gritty guitar sound and hit songs like "Dakota" and "Have a Nice Day."
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E.
The Chieftains
The Chieftains are an acclaimed Irish traditional folk band known for popularizing Celtic music worldwide and collaborating with numerous prominent artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (138)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | folk rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1983 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formedInPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
Celtic folk
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Celtic rock ⓘ alternative rock ⓘ country rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Mike Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aidan O’Rourke
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Anthony Thistlethwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ Aongus Ralston NERFINISHED ⓘ Brother Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Brother Paul Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Whitten NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin Blakey NERFINISHED ⓘ Damian O’Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Ruffy NERFINISHED ⓘ David Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Gavin ‘Fingers’ Ralston NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoff Dugmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Bryson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian McNabb NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hallawell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay Dee Daugherty NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Albrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ John Dunford NERFINISHED ⓘ John Giblin NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Wallinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Katie Kim NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Marco Weissman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvin Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Scott (musician) NERFINISHED ⓘ Muscadine Bloodline NERFINISHED ⓘ Noel Bridgeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Paddy Keenan NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Pino Palladino NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Salmins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph ‘Boomer’ Salmins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Fean NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Naiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Roddy Lorimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Moody NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Johnny McAllion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharon Shannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Walters NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wickham NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Trevor Morais NERFINISHED ⓘ Zach Ernst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Pagan Place (1984 album)
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A Rock in the Weary Land (2000 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ All Souls Hill (2022 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ An Appointment with Mr Yeats (2011 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Lightning (2007 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Harder (1993 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisherman’s Blues (1988 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Luck, Seeker (2020 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Blues (2015 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of All This Blue (2017 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Room to Roam (1990 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Waterboys (1983 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is the Sea (1985 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Hall (2003 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Where the Action Is (2019 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySongwriter | Mike Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Celtic music
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Irish traditional music ⓘ folk music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anthemic songs
ⓘ
blend of rock, Celtic, and folk influences ⓘ |
| notableSong |
A Girl Called Johnny
NERFINISHED
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And a Bang on the Ear NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisherman’s Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Glastonbury Song ⓘ How Long Will I Love You? NERFINISHED ⓘ Strange Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Music NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pan Within NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stolen Child NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whole of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Girl Called Johnny
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A Man Is in Love NERFINISHED ⓘ A Pagan Place NERFINISHED ⓘ All Souls Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ An Appointment with Mr Yeats NERFINISHED ⓘ And a Bang on the Ear NERFINISHED ⓘ Be My Enemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Church Not Made with Hands NERFINISHED ⓘ Don’t Bang the Drum NERFINISHED ⓘ Dream Harder NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisherman’s Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Fisherman’s Blues (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ Glastonbury Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Good Luck, Seeker NERFINISHED ⓘ Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? NERFINISHED ⓘ How Long Will I Love You? NERFINISHED ⓘ In Search of a Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ Islandman NERFINISHED ⓘ Medicine Bow NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Old England NERFINISHED ⓘ On My Way to Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of All This Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Army Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Room to Roam NERFINISHED ⓘ She Tried to Hold Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Strange Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Music NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crash of Angel Wings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pan Within NERFINISHED ⓘ The Raggle Taggle Gypsy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of Pan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Star of the County Down NERFINISHED ⓘ The Stolen Child NERFINISHED ⓘ The Waterboys (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whole of the Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ We Will Not Be Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ When Ye Go Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Where the Action Is NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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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.
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Subject: The Waterboys Description of subject: The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in the early 1980s, best known for their anthemic songs like "The Whole of the Moon" and their blend of rock, Celtic, and folk influences.
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