∆

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English rock band band stage name studio album stylized name

∆ is the stylized name used by the English indie rock band Alt‑J, known for their experimental sound and genre-blending music.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
∆ canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9376535 — 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: ∆
Context triple: [Alt‑J, alsoKnownAs, ∆]

A. Delta
Delta is a small city in central Utah known historically for agriculture, nearby fossil sites, and its proximity to the former Topaz War Relocation Center.
B. Delta
Delta is a suburban coastal municipality in British Columbia, Canada, known for its agricultural lands, wetlands, and role as part of the Greater Vancouver area.
C. Delta
Delta is a station on the Brussels Metro system in Belgium, serving as a transit point for passengers within the city's rapid transit network.
D. Delta
Delta is a major U.S. airline known for its extensive global route network and customer-focused travel services.
E. Delta
Delta is the NATO reporting name for a series of Soviet/Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines developed during the Cold War.
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: ∆
Target entity description: ∆ is the stylized name used by the English indie rock band Alt‑J, known for their experimental sound and genre-blending music.

A. Delta
Delta is a small city in central Utah known historically for agriculture, nearby fossil sites, and its proximity to the former Topaz War Relocation Center.
B. Delta
Delta is a suburban coastal municipality in British Columbia, Canada, known for its agricultural lands, wetlands, and role as part of the Greater Vancouver area.
C. Delta
Delta is a type of organizational unit designation used by the United States Space Force for its operational space mission units.
D. Delta
Delta is a major U.S. airline known for its extensive global route network and customer-focused travel services.
E. Delta
Delta is the NATO reporting name for a series of Soviet/Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines developed during the Cold War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English rock band ⓘ band ⓘ stage name ⓘ studio album ⓘ stylized name ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	∆ ⓘ
awardReceived	Mercury Prize ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	An Awesome Wave ⓘ
awardReceivedYear	2012 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
debutAlbum	An Awesome Wave ⓘ
formedIn	2007 ⓘ
formerMember	Gwil Sainsbury ⓘ
genre	art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ folktronica ⓘ indie rock ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.altjband.com/ ⓘ
hasStylizedName	∆ ⓘ
knownFor	experimental sound ⓘ genre-blending music ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Gus Unger-Hamilton ⓘ linked to: Gus Unger‑Hamilton Joe Newman ⓘ Thom Sonny Green ⓘ
notableWork	An Awesome Wave ⓘ Relaxer ⓘ The Dream ⓘ This Is All Yours ⓘ
performer	Alt-J ⓘ linked to: Alt‑J Alt-J ⓘ linked to: Alt‑J Alt-J ⓘ linked to: Alt‑J Alt-J ⓘ linked to: Alt‑J
placeOfFormation	Leeds ⓘ
releaseYear	2012 ⓘ 2014 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ 2022 ⓘ
stylizedNameOf	Alt-J ⓘ linked to: Alt‑J

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alt‑J → alsoKnownAs → ∆ ⓘ

Alt-J → hasStylizedName → ∆ ⓘ

subject linked to: ∆

Alt-J → alsoKnownAs → ∆ ⓘ