Depeche Mode
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Depeche Mode is an influential English electronic and alternative rock band known for pioneering synth-pop and producing dark, atmospheric hits since the early 1980s.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Depeche Mode canonical | 193 |
| Depeche Mode 101 | 1 |
| Depeche Mode discography | 1 |
| Depeche Mode live band | 1 |
| Depeche Mode – Violator (production/engineering) | 1 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees as member of Depeche Mode | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3047397 — 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: Depeche Mode Context triple: [Route 66, hasNotableCoverVersionBy, Depeche Mode]
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A.
New Order
New Order is an influential English rock band formed in 1980 by the remaining members of Joy Division, known for pioneering a blend of post-punk and electronic dance music.
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B.
Duran Duran
Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
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C.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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D.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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E.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
- 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: Depeche Mode Target entity description: Depeche Mode is an influential English electronic and alternative rock band known for pioneering synth-pop and producing dark, atmospheric hits since the early 1980s.
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A.
New Order
New Order is an influential English rock band formed in 1980 by the remaining members of Joy Division, known for pioneering a blend of post-punk and electronic dance music.
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B.
Duran Duran
Duran Duran is a British new wave and pop rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1978, known for their stylish music videos and hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio."
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C.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo known for their sophisticated electronic sound and witty, literate lyrics, featuring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
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D.
Culture Club
Culture Club is a British pop band formed in the early 1980s, best known for its new wave sound and hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," fronted by singer Boy George.
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E.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a British new wave band best known for their 1980s hits like "True" and "Gold."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
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: Depeche Mode Description of subject: Depeche Mode is an influential English electronic and alternative rock band known for pioneering synth-pop and producing dark, atmospheric hits since the early 1980s.
Referenced by (198)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
song "Route 66"
linked to: Depeche Mode
linked to: Depeche Mode
subject linked to:
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard
linked to: Depeche Mode
subject linked to:
Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion (production/engineering)
subject linked to:
Depeche Mode – Songs of Faith and Devotion (production/engineering)