Specimen
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Specimen is a British post-punk and goth rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for its flamboyant style and association with London’s Batcave club scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Specimen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8666813 — 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: Specimen Context triple: [Olli Wisdom, memberOf, Specimen]
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A.
The Perfect Specimen
"The Perfect Specimen" is a 1937 American romantic comedy film, co-written by Samson Raphaelson, about a sheltered heir whose carefully controlled life is upended by an adventurous woman.
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B.
Original of the Species
"Original of the Species" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2004 album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*, noted for its melodic, anthemic style and reflective lyrics.
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C.
The Special
The Special is the prophesied hero persona of Emmet Brickowski in "The LEGO Movie," representing an ordinary construction worker who becomes an unlikely savior of the LEGO universe.
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D.
Spektr
Spektr was a Russian-built science module of the Mir space station, primarily used for Earth observation and housing U.S. research equipment during the Shuttle–Mir program.
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E.
Blanke
Blanke is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals, including figures in the arts 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: Specimen Target entity description: Specimen is a British post-punk and goth rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for its flamboyant style and association with London’s Batcave club scene.
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A.
The Perfect Specimen
"The Perfect Specimen" is a 1937 American romantic comedy film, co-written by Samson Raphaelson, about a sheltered heir whose carefully controlled life is upended by an adventurous woman.
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B.
Original of the Species
"Original of the Species" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2004 album *How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb*, noted for its melodic, anthemic style and reflective lyrics.
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C.
The Special
The Special is the prophesied hero persona of Emmet Brickowski in "The LEGO Movie," representing an ordinary construction worker who becomes an unlikely savior of the LEGO universe.
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D.
Spektr
Spektr was a Russian-built science module of the Mir space station, primarily used for Earth observation and housing U.S. research equipment during the Shuttle–Mir program.
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E.
Blanke
Blanke is a surname of German origin borne by various notable individuals, including figures in the arts and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British rock band
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band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
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2000s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Batcave club
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linked to:
Batcave
|
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
batcave
ⓘ
deathrock ⓘ glam rock ⓘ gothic rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
androgynous image
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club-oriented sound ⓘ use of elaborate makeup ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | http://www.specimen.org.uk/ ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ben Gunn
ⓘ
Jon Klein ⓘ Jonny Slut ⓘ Kevin Mills ⓘ Neil Lawson ⓘ Ollie Wisdom ⓘ Steve Williams ⓘ Terry Macleay ⓘ Tim Huthert ⓘ |
| hasReleaseType |
EP
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album ⓘ single ⓘ |
| influenced |
Batcave scene artists
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gothic rock bands ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
glam rock
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punk rock ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locationOfActivity |
London
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linked to:
London, England
|
| locationOfFormation | Bristol ⓘ |
| movement |
Batcave scene
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goth subculture ⓘ |
| notableEvent | co-founding of the Batcave club ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Azoic
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Electric Ballroom ⓘ Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ⓘ Returning (From a Journey) ⓘ Sharp Teeth Pretty Teeth ⓘ The Beauty of Poisin ⓘ Wake the Dead ⓘ |
| startTime | early 1980s ⓘ |
| style |
flamboyant fashion
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theatrical live performances ⓘ |
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: Specimen Description of subject: Specimen is a British post-punk and goth rock band formed in the early 1980s, known for its flamboyant style and association with London’s Batcave club scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.