Duncan Sheik
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Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer best known for his hit single "Barely Breathing" and his Tony Award-winning score for the Broadway musical Spring Awakening.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duncan Sheik canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11878311 — 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: Duncan Sheik Context triple: [Spring Awakening, composer, Duncan Sheik]
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A.
Scott Litt
Scott Litt is an American record producer and engineer best known for his influential work with alternative rock bands such as R.E.M. and Nirvana.
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B.
Curt Cress
Curt Cress is a German drummer, composer, and producer known for his prolific session work and contributions to jazz-rock and pop music since the 1970s.
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C.
Josh Dylan
Josh Dylan is a British actor best known for his role as young Bill in the film "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again."
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D.
Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin is an American singer-songwriter known for his gentle, acoustic folk-pop songs and frequent placements in film and television soundtracks.
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E.
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
- 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: Duncan Sheik Target entity description: Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer best known for his hit single "Barely Breathing" and his Tony Award-winning score for the Broadway musical Spring Awakening.
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A.
Scott Litt
Scott Litt is an American record producer and engineer best known for his influential work with alternative rock bands such as R.E.M. and Nirvana.
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B.
Curt Cress
Curt Cress is a German drummer, composer, and producer known for his prolific session work and contributions to jazz-rock and pop music since the 1970s.
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C.
Josh Dylan
Josh Dylan is a British actor best known for his role as young Bill in the film "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again."
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D.
Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin is an American singer-songwriter known for his gentle, acoustic folk-pop songs and frequent placements in film and television soundtracks.
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E.
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist of Matchbox Twenty, known for his work in pop rock and adult contemporary music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Broadway theatre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Steven Sater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1969-11-18 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Duncan Sheik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutSingle | Barely Breathing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Brown University ⓘ |
| familyName | Sheik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary
ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalRole | solo artist ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.duncansheik.com/ ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
cast recordings
ⓘ
film scores ⓘ studio albums ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hit single "Barely Breathing"
ⓘ
score for the Broadway musical "Spring Awakening" ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Duncan Sheik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Duncan Sheik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Humming NERFINISHED ⓘ Phantom Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ Whisper House NERFINISHED ⓘ White Limousine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong | Barely Breathing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Barely Breathing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spring Awakening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ theatre composer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Montclair, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteMusicFor | Spring Awakening 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: Duncan Sheik Description of subject: Duncan Sheik is an American singer-songwriter and composer best known for his hit single "Barely Breathing" and his Tony Award-winning score for the Broadway musical Spring Awakening.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.