The Kills
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The Kills are an indie rock duo known for their minimalist, blues-influenced sound and raw, guitar-driven performances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kills canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3803874 — 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: The Kills Context triple: [Domino Recording Company, signedArtist, The Kills]
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A.
Ladytron
Ladytron is a British electronic music band known for their synth-driven sound that blends elements of electropop, new wave, and shoegaze.
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B.
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap is an Australian indie rock band best known for their atmospheric sound and the hit single "Sweet Disposition."
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C.
White Lies
"White Lies" is a song by British musician Mr Hudson that showcases his blend of pop, R&B, and electronic influences.
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D.
The Killers
The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas known for their anthemic, Springsteen-tinged indie rock hits like "Mr. Brightside" and "When You Were Young."
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E.
The Killers
The Killers is a 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, that helped launch Burt Lancaster’s film career and is regarded as a classic of the genre.
- 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: The Kills Target entity description: The Kills are an indie rock duo known for their minimalist, blues-influenced sound and raw, guitar-driven performances.
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A.
Ladytron
Ladytron is a British electronic music band known for their synth-driven sound that blends elements of electropop, new wave, and shoegaze.
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B.
The Temper Trap
The Temper Trap is an Australian indie rock band best known for their atmospheric sound and the hit single "Sweet Disposition."
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C.
White Lies
"White Lies" is a song by British musician Mr Hudson that showcases his blend of pop, R&B, and electronic influences.
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D.
The Killers
The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas known for their anthemic, Springsteen-tinged indie rock hits like "Mr. Brightside" and "When You Were Young."
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E.
The Killers
The Killers is a 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, that helped launch Burt Lancaster’s film career and is regarded as a classic of the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
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indie rock band ⓘ musical duo ⓘ rock band ⓘ singer ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| album |
Ash & Ice
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Blood Pressures ⓘ Keep on Your Mean Side ⓘ Midnight Boom ⓘ No Wow ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | VV and Hotel ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
The Dead Weather
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The Raconteurs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Keep on Your Mean Side ⓘ |
| formedIn | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
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garage rock ⓘ indie rock ⓘ post-punk revival ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alison Mosshart
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Jamie Hince ⓘ |
| memberOf |
The Dead Weather
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The Kills ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blues-influenced sound
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minimalist sound ⓘ raw guitar-driven performances ⓘ |
| performanceStyle | stripped-down live setup ⓘ |
| performer | The Kills ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
2003
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2005 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Domino Recording Company ⓘ |
| typicalThemes |
relationships
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urban life ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation | drum machine ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | raw vocals ⓘ |
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: The Kills Description of subject: The Kills are an indie rock duo known for their minimalist, blues-influenced sound and raw, guitar-driven performances.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.