The Imposter
E836135
The Imposter is a pseudonym used by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, under which he released some of his music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Imposter canonical | 2 |
| The Imposter and the Attractions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10007048 — 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 Imposter Context triple: [Elvis Costello, alsoKnownAs, The Imposter]
-
A.
The Imposter
The Imposter is a 2012 British-American documentary film that explores the true story of a French con artist who impersonated a missing Texas teenager, blending thriller-style storytelling with interviews and archival footage.
-
B.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
-
C.
The Impostors
The Impostors is a 1998 screwball comedy film about two out-of-work actors who stow away on an ocean liner, showcasing Stanley Tucci’s homage to classic farce and physical comedy.
-
D.
Impostor
"Impostor" is a 2001 science fiction thriller film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, about a man accused of being an alien replicant in a dystopian future.
-
E.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
- 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 Imposter Target entity description: The Imposter is a pseudonym used by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, under which he released some of his music.
-
A.
The Imposter
The Imposter is a 2012 British-American documentary film that explores the true story of a French con artist who impersonated a missing Texas teenager, blending thriller-style storytelling with interviews and archival footage.
-
B.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
-
C.
The Impostors
The Impostors is a 1998 screwball comedy film about two out-of-work actors who stow away on an ocean liner, showcasing Stanley Tucci’s homage to classic farce and physical comedy.
-
D.
Impostor
"Impostor" is a 2001 science fiction thriller film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, about a man accused of being an alien replicant in a dystopian future.
-
E.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
backing band alias
ⓘ
stage name ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Elvis Costello as The Imposter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
The Attractions
ⓘ
The Confederates ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Bruce Thomas
ⓘ
Nick Lowe ⓘ Pete Thomas ⓘ Steve Nieve ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creditedOn |
Goodbye Cruel World
ⓘ
King of America ⓘ single A Town Called Big Nothing ⓘ single I Wanna Be Loved ⓘ single Peace in Our Time ⓘ
linked to:
Peace in Our Time
single Pills and Soap ⓘ single The Only Flame in Town ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Imposter and the Attractions
ⓘ
linked to:
The Imposter
|
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Town Called Big Nothing
ⓘ
I Wanna Be Loved ⓘ Peace in Our Time ⓘ Pills and Soap ⓘ The Only Flame in Town ⓘ Turning the Town Red ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Declan Patrick MacManus
ⓘ
Elvis Costello ⓘ Elvis Costello ⓘ English singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| usedInField | music ⓘ |
| usedInGenre |
new wave
ⓘ
pub rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
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: The Imposter Description of subject: The Imposter is a pseudonym used by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, under which he released some of his music.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Imposter