Fun Boy Three
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Fun Boy Three was an early 1980s British new wave/pop group formed by former members of The Specials, known for hits like "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fun Boy Three canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9174128 — 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: Fun Boy Three Context triple: [Chrysalis Records, signedArtist, Fun Boy Three]
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A.
The Soft Boys
The Soft Boys were an English psychedelic and post-punk band formed in the late 1970s, best known as the early vehicle for singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
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B.
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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C.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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D.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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E.
The Boo Radleys
The Boo Radleys are an English alternative rock band best known for their 1990s shoegaze-influenced sound and the hit single "Wake Up Boo!".
- 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: Fun Boy Three Target entity description: Fun Boy Three was an early 1980s British new wave/pop group formed by former members of The Specials, known for hits like "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)."
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A.
The Soft Boys
The Soft Boys were an English psychedelic and post-punk band formed in the late 1970s, best known as the early vehicle for singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
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B.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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C.
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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D.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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E.
The Boo Radleys
The Boo Radleys are an English alternative rock band best known for their 1990s shoegaze-influenced sound and the hit single "Wake Up Boo!".
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British new wave band
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musical group ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| album |
Fun Boy Three
NERFINISHED
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Waiting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bananarama
NERFINISHED
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Specials AKA NERFINISHED ⓘ The Colourfield NERFINISHED ⓘ The Specials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Bananarama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Fun Boy Three NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1983 ⓘ |
| formedFrom | The Specials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
2 tone
NERFINISHED
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new wave ⓘ pop ⓘ post-punk ⓘ ska ⓘ |
| hasGenreInfluence |
new wave
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pop ⓘ ska ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Lynval Golding
NERFINISHED
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Neville Staple NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | England ⓘ |
| notableSong |
It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
NERFINISHED
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Our Lips Are Sealed NERFINISHED ⓘ Really Saying Something NERFINISHED ⓘ Summertime NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Telephone Always Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
NERFINISHED
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Our Lips Are Sealed NERFINISHED ⓘ Really Saying Something NERFINISHED ⓘ Summertime NERFINISHED ⓘ T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Telephone Always Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Coventry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1982
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1983 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Fun Boy Three Description of subject: Fun Boy Three was an early 1980s British new wave/pop group formed by former members of The Specials, known for hits like "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" and "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)."
Referenced by (1)
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