Smile (band)
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Smile was a late-1960s British rock band best known as the precursor to Queen, featuring future Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smile (band) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20819468 — 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: Smile (band) Context triple: [Roger Taylor, associatedAct, Smile (band)]
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A.
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American pop-punk band known for its catchy melodies, irreverent humor, and influential role in bringing punk rock into the mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Sonic's Rendezvous Band was a 1970s Detroit rock supergroup formed by guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith that became a cult favorite for its high-energy proto-punk sound.
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C.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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D.
Butajira
Butajira is a town in central Ethiopia known as an administrative and commercial center in the Gurage-inhabited highlands.
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E.
Faces (band)
Faces were a British rock band formed in 1969, best known for their rollicking, bluesy sound and featuring members like Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood.
- 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: Smile (band) Target entity description: Smile was a late-1960s British rock band best known as the precursor to Queen, featuring future Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.
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A.
Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American pop-punk band known for its catchy melodies, irreverent humor, and influential role in bringing punk rock into the mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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B.
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Sonic's Rendezvous Band was a 1970s Detroit rock supergroup formed by guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith that became a cult favorite for its high-energy proto-punk sound.
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C.
The Smeezingtons
The Smeezingtons were a songwriting and production team, best known for crafting pop and R&B hits with Bruno Mars and other major artists in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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D.
Butajira
Butajira is a town in central Ethiopia known as an administrative and commercial center in the Gurage-inhabited highlands.
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E.
Faces (band)
Faces were a British rock band formed in 1969, best known for their rollicking, bluesy sound and featuring members like Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.