Barsuk Records
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Barsuk Records is an independent Seattle-based record label known for releasing influential indie rock and alternative music from artists such as Death Cab for Cutie and Rilo Kiley.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Barsuk Records canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10084207 — 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: Barsuk Records Context triple: [Rilo Kiley, recordLabel, Barsuk Records]
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A.
Radikal Records
Radikal Records is an independent dance and electronic music label known for releasing influential Eurodance hits in the 1990s and beyond.
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B.
Monkeywrench Records
Monkeywrench Records is the independent record label founded and used by the rock band Pearl Jam to release their music.
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C.
Monkeywrench Records
Monkeywrench Records is an independent record label known for releasing music by experimental noise rock acts such as Lightning Bolt.
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D.
Caribou Records
Caribou Records is a record label known for releasing music by artists such as Carl Wilson and other rock and pop acts in the 1970s.
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E.
Arbutus Records
Arbutus Records is an independent Montreal-based record label known for nurturing experimental and avant-pop artists, including early releases by Grimes.
- 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: Barsuk Records Target entity description: Barsuk Records is an independent Seattle-based record label known for releasing influential indie rock and alternative music from artists such as Death Cab for Cutie and Rilo Kiley.
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A.
Radikal Records
Radikal Records is an independent dance and electronic music label known for releasing influential Eurodance hits in the 1990s and beyond.
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B.
Monkeywrench Records
Monkeywrench Records is the independent record label founded and used by the rock band Pearl Jam to release their music.
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C.
Monkeywrench Records
Monkeywrench Records is an independent record label known for releasing music by experimental noise rock acts such as Lightning Bolt.
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D.
Caribou Records
Caribou Records is a record label known for releasing music by artists such as Carl Wilson and other rock and pop acts in the 1970s.
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E.
Arbutus Records
Arbutus Records is an independent Montreal-based record label known for nurturing experimental and avant-pop artists, including early releases by Grimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
ⓘ
record label ⓘ |
| basedIn | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFocus | independent music ⓘ |
| format |
CD
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Christopher Possanza
NERFINISHED
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Josh Rosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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indie pop ⓘ indie rock ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
releasing influential indie rock albums
ⓘ
supporting emerging indie bands ⓘ |
| location | Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Death Cab for Cutie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter NERFINISHED ⓘ Maps & Atlases NERFINISHED ⓘ Mates of State NERFINISHED ⓘ Menomena NERFINISHED ⓘ Nada Surf NERFINISHED ⓘ Phantogram NERFINISHED ⓘ Ra Ra Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ Rilo Kiley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Votolato NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Death Cab for Cutie – Something About Airplanes
NERFINISHED
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Death Cab for Cutie – The Photo Album NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Cab for Cutie – Transatlanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ Death Cab for Cutie – We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ Nada Surf – Let Go NERFINISHED ⓘ Rilo Kiley – Take-Offs and Landings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Winters – When I Pretend to Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | music recordings ⓘ |
| releasedMusicOf |
Death Cab for Cutie
NERFINISHED
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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter NERFINISHED ⓘ Maps & Atlases NERFINISHED ⓘ Mates of State NERFINISHED ⓘ Menomena NERFINISHED ⓘ Nada Surf NERFINISHED ⓘ Phantogram NERFINISHED ⓘ Ra Ra Riot NERFINISHED ⓘ Rilo Kiley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Votolato NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.barsuk.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Barsuk Records Description of subject: Barsuk Records is an independent Seattle-based record label known for releasing influential indie rock and alternative music from artists such as Death Cab for Cutie and Rilo Kiley.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.