Robert Smith
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Robert Smith is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band The Cure.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Smith canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3972442 — 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: Robert Smith Context triple: [Siouxsie and the Banshees, member, Robert Smith]
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A.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an 18th-century architect known for designing prominent colonial American buildings, including Nassau Hall at Princeton.
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B.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is the brother of Samuel Smith.
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C.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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D.
Sam Mills
Sam Mills was a standout undersized linebacker and team leader in the NFL, best known for his Pro Bowl play and inspirational presence with the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers.
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E.
Suggs
Suggs is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, music, and entertainment.
- 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: Robert Smith Target entity description: Robert Smith is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band The Cure.
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A.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an 18th-century architect known for designing prominent colonial American buildings, including Nassau Hall at Princeton.
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B.
Robert Smith
Robert Smith is the brother of Samuel Smith.
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C.
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire was a British poet, critic, and editor best known for leading the Georgian poetry movement and shaping early 20th-century English literary taste.
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D.
Sam Mills
Sam Mills was a standout undersized linebacker and team leader in the NFL, best known for his Pro Bowl play and inspirational presence with the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers.
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E.
Suggs
Suggs is a surname shared by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, music, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
guitarist
ⓘ
human ⓘ record producer ⓘ rock musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Siouxsie and the Banshees
ⓘ
The Glove ⓘ |
| birthName | Robert James Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-04-21 ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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gothic rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hairStyle | distinctive teased black hair ⓘ |
| influenced |
alternative rock musicians
ⓘ
gothic rock musicians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Bowie
ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ Nick Drake ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ |
| instrument |
guitar
ⓘ
six-string bass ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| makeupStyle | smudged black eyeliner and red lipstick ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1988 ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Cure ⓘ |
| name | Robert Smith ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableSong |
A Forest
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Boys Don't Cry ⓘ Friday I'm in Love ⓘ Just Like Heaven ⓘ Lovesong ⓘ Pictures of You ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Cure ⓘ |
| occupation |
guitarist
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Blackpool
|
| positionInBand |
guitarist of The Cure
ⓘ
lead vocalist of The Cure ⓘ primary songwriter of The Cure ⓘ |
| residence |
Sussex, England
ⓘ
linked to:
Sussex
|
| spouse | Mary Poole ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand | 1978 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | distinctive plaintive voice ⓘ |
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: Robert Smith Description of subject: Robert Smith is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band The Cure.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Something to Do”
subject linked to:
“Something to Do”
subject linked to:
Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin (album)