Mark Kozelek
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Mark Kozelek is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, noted for his introspective lyrics and melancholic, folk-influenced sound.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Kozelek canonical | 9 |
| Mark Kozelek & Desertshore – Mark Kozelek & Desertshore | 1 |
| Mark Kozelek – Like Rats | 1 |
| Mark Kozelek – Rock ’n’ Roll Singer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10103950 — 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: Mark Kozelek Context triple: [Stranger in the Alps, coverSongOriginalArtist, Mark Kozelek]
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A.
Matt Sweeney
Matt Sweeney is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer known for his work in indie rock and metal bands as well as high-profile collaborations across diverse genres.
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B.
Vic Chesnutt
Vic Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, acclaimed for his raw, introspective lyrics and distinctive, minimalist folk-rock style.
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C.
Cam Guthrie
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
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D.
Guy Clark
Guy Clark was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his richly detailed storytelling and major impact on the Texas and Americana country music scenes.
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E.
Jason Molina
Jason Molina was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work with the indie rock and slowcore projects Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., characterized by haunting vocals and emotionally intense, lyrically rich songs.
- 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: Mark Kozelek Target entity description: Mark Kozelek is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, noted for his introspective lyrics and melancholic, folk-influenced sound.
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A.
Matt Sweeney
Matt Sweeney is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer known for his work in indie rock and metal bands as well as high-profile collaborations across diverse genres.
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B.
Vic Chesnutt
Vic Chesnutt was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, acclaimed for his raw, introspective lyrics and distinctive, minimalist folk-rock style.
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C.
Cam Guthrie
Cam Guthrie is a Canadian politician best known as the long-serving mayor of the city of Guelph, Ontario.
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D.
Guy Clark
Guy Clark was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his richly detailed storytelling and major impact on the Texas and Americana country music scenes.
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E.
Jason Molina
Jason Molina was an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for his work with the indie rock and slowcore projects Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., characterized by haunting vocals and emotionally intense, lyrically rich songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Ben Gibbard
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Desertshore ⓘ Jesu ⓘ Jimmy LaValle ⓘ Red House Painters ⓘ Sun Kil Moon ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-01-24 ⓘ |
| familyName | Kozelek ⓘ |
| founded |
Caldo Verde Records
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Sun Kil Moon ⓘ |
| genre |
acoustic rock
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folk rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ sadcore ⓘ slowcore ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle | autobiographical storytelling ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
death and loss
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everyday life details ⓘ memory and nostalgia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Desertshore
ⓘ
Red House Painters ⓘ Sun Kil Moon ⓘ |
| name | Mark Kozelek ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtistOf |
AC/DC
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Modest Mouse ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introspective lyrics
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melancholic sound ⓘ narrative songwriting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mark Kozelek & Desertshore – Mark Kozelek & Desertshore
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linked to:
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek – Admiral Fell Promises ⓘ Mark Kozelek – Like Rats ⓘ
linked to:
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek – Rock ’n’ Roll Singer ⓘ
linked to:
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek – Songs for a Blue Guitar ⓘ Mark Kozelek – What’s Next to the Moon ⓘ
linked to:
Sun Kil Moon
Red House Painters (band catalogue) ⓘ
linked to:
Red House Painters
Sun Kil Moon – Among the Leaves ⓘ Sun Kil Moon – April ⓘ Sun Kil Moon – Benji ⓘ
linked to:
Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts of the Great Highway ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Massillon, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
4AD
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Caldo Verde Records ⓘ Sub Pop ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco, California, United States
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linked to:
San Francisco, California
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| role |
frontman of Red House Painters
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frontman of Sun Kil Moon ⓘ |
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: Mark Kozelek Description of subject: Mark Kozelek is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the frontman of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, noted for his introspective lyrics and melancholic, folk-influenced sound.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mark Kozelek
linked to: Mark Kozelek
linked to: Mark Kozelek