Dave Gahan
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Dave Gahan is the lead singer of the English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for his powerful baritone voice and charismatic stage presence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dave Gahan canonical | 40 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5862245 — 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: Dave Gahan Context triple: [Anton Corbijn, notableSubject, Dave Gahan]
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A.
Thomas Mars
Thomas Mars is a French musician best known as the lead vocalist of the indie pop band Phoenix.
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B.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
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C.
Billy Sherwood
Billy Sherwood is an American musician, producer, and songwriter best known for his work as a bassist, guitarist, and later full member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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D.
Eric Blore
Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- 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: Dave Gahan Target entity description: Dave Gahan is the lead singer of the English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for his powerful baritone voice and charismatic stage presence.
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A.
Thomas Mars
Thomas Mars is a French musician best known as the lead vocalist of the indie pop band Phoenix.
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B.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and former Genesis frontman renowned for his innovative solo work, activism, and contributions to world music and human rights.
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C.
Billy Sherwood
Billy Sherwood is an American musician, producer, and songwriter best known for his work as a bassist, guitarist, and later full member of the progressive rock band Yes.
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D.
Eric Blore
Eric Blore was an English character actor best known for his comic portrayals of butlers and valets in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films.
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E.
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Depeche Mode
ⓘ
Soulsavers ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MTV Europe Music Award with Depeche Mode
ⓘ
linked to:
MTV Europe Music Awards
|
| birthName | David Callcott ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Soulsavers ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-05-09 ⓘ |
| formerSpouse |
Joanne Fox
ⓘ
Teresa Conroy ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
electronic rock
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| instrument |
harmonica
ⓘ
vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor | lead singer of Depeche Mode ⓘ |
| memberOf | Depeche Mode ⓘ |
| name | Dave Gahan ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
charismatic stage presence
ⓘ
powerful baritone voice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
lead vocals on "Enjoy the Silence"
ⓘ
lead vocals on "I Feel You" ⓘ lead vocals on "Never Let Me Down Again" ⓘ lead vocals on "Personal Jesus" ⓘ lead vocals on "Policy of Truth" ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees as member of Depeche Mode
ⓘ
linked to:
Depeche Mode
|
| placeOfBirth | Epping, Essex, England ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| soloAlbum |
Angels & Ghosts
ⓘ
Hourglass ⓘ Paper Monsters ⓘ |
| spouse | Jennifer Sklias-Gahan ⓘ |
| stageName | Dave Gahan ⓘ |
| vocalType | baritone ⓘ |
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: Dave Gahan Description of subject: Dave Gahan is the lead singer of the English electronic band Depeche Mode, known for his powerful baritone voice and charismatic stage presence.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.