Red House Painters
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Red House Painters were an American slowcore band formed by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, known for their melancholic, atmospheric sound and emotionally introspective lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red House Painters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10008595 — 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: Red House Painters Context triple: [4AD, notableArtist, Red House Painters]
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A.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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B.
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Sam Beam, known for his intimate, folk-inspired music and hushed vocal style.
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C.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and lo-fi to folk-influenced sound.
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D.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is a 1934 American musical drama film starring child actress Shirley Temple, best known for featuring her signature song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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E.
Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter David Bazan, known for its introspective lyrics and emotionally raw, guitar-driven sound.
- 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: Red House Painters Target entity description: Red House Painters were an American slowcore band formed by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, known for their melancholic, atmospheric sound and emotionally introspective lyrics.
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A.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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B.
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Sam Beam, known for his intimate, folk-inspired music and hushed vocal style.
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C.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is a 1934 American musical drama film starring child actress Shirley Temple, best known for featuring her signature song "On the Good Ship Lollipop."
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D.
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, known for its emotionally charged lyrics and lo-fi to folk-influenced sound.
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E.
Pedro the Lion
Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band led by singer-songwriter David Bazan, known for its introspective lyrics and emotionally raw, guitar-driven sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
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slowcore band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEndYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Mark Kozelek
NERFINISHED
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Sun Kil Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedIn | early 2000s ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1988 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Mark Kozelek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
indie rock
ⓘ
sadcore ⓘ slowcore ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anthony Koutsos
NERFINISHED
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Gordon Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Vessel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Kozelek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtist | Mark Kozelek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | Mark Kozelek solo recordings (transition period) ⓘ |
| hasPrimarySongwriter | Mark Kozelek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Sun Kil Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American folk music
ⓘ
The Smiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| lyricsFocus |
melancholy
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nostalgia ⓘ personal relationships ⓘ |
| musicStyle |
atmospheric
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introspective lyrics ⓘ melancholic ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Grace Cathedral Park
NERFINISHED
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Have You Forgotten NERFINISHED ⓘ Katy Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Mistress ⓘ Summer Dress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Down Colorful Hill
NERFINISHED
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Ocean Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Ramon NERFINISHED ⓘ Red House Painters (Bridge) NERFINISHED ⓘ Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) NERFINISHED ⓘ Songs for a Blue Guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin |
California
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
4AD
NERFINISHED
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Island Records ⓘ Sub Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Red House Painters Description of subject: Red House Painters were an American slowcore band formed by singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, known for their melancholic, atmospheric sound and emotionally introspective lyrics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.