Philip James Selway
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Philip James Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Radiohead.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip James Selway canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9375230 — 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: Philip James Selway Context triple: [Philip Selway, birthName, Philip James Selway]
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A.
William Tummel
William Tummel was a Hollywood film assistant director who received an Academy Award for his work in the early years of the Oscars.
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B.
Stephen Hague
Stephen Hague is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work on influential synth-pop and alternative rock albums from the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
James Dunne
James Dunne is a songwriter best known for co-writing the hit ballad "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," popularized by Anne Murray and later Whitney Houston.
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D.
Martyn Fleming
Martyn Fleming is a fictional character from the 1992 British romantic drama film "Damage," directed by Louis Malle and based on Josephine Hart's novel.
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E.
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson is a former English rugby union fly-half renowned for his pivotal role in England's 2003 Rugby World Cup victory, including kicking the winning drop goal in the final.
- 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: Philip James Selway Target entity description: Philip James Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Radiohead.
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A.
William Tummel
William Tummel was a Hollywood film assistant director who received an Academy Award for his work in the early years of the Oscars.
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B.
Stephen Hague
Stephen Hague is an American record producer and songwriter best known for his work on influential synth-pop and alternative rock albums from the 1980s and 1990s.
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C.
James Dunne
James Dunne is a songwriter best known for co-writing the hit ballad "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do," popularized by Anne Murray and later Whitney Houston.
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D.
Martyn Fleming
Martyn Fleming is a fictional character from the 1992 British romantic drama film "Damage," directed by Louis Malle and based on Josephine Hart's novel.
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E.
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson is a former English rugby union fly-half renowned for his pivotal role in England's 2003 Rugby World Cup victory, including kicking the winning drop goal in the final.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drummer
ⓘ
human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Colin Greenwood
ⓘ
Ed O'Brien ⓘ
linked to:
Ed O’Brien
Jonny Greenwood ⓘ Radiohead ⓘ Thom Yorke ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1967-05-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Abingdon
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Abingdon School ⓘ |
| familyName | Selway ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
art rock ⓘ experimental rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Philip ⓘ |
| hasChild | three sons ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Radiohead live performances ⓘ |
| instrument |
drums
ⓘ
guitar ⓘ percussion ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Radiohead ⓘ |
| name | Philip James Selway ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableAward | Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (with Radiohead) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Familial
ⓘ
In Rainbows (as member of Radiohead) ⓘ
linked to:
In Rainbows
Kid A (as member of Radiohead) ⓘ
linked to:
Kid A
OK Computer (as member of Radiohead) ⓘ
linked to:
OK Computer
Strange Dance ⓘ The Eraser (touring musician with Thom Yorke) ⓘ Weatherhouse ⓘ contributions to Radiohead’s rhythm arrangements ⓘ soundtrack work for film and theatre ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ solo artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Bella Union
ⓘ
Nonesuch Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Oxford, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford
|
| spouse | Kate Selway ⓘ |
| website | https://www.philipselway.com/ ⓘ |
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: Philip James Selway Description of subject: Philip James Selway is an English musician best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Radiohead.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.