Kevin Killen
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Kevin Killen is a renowned recording and mixing engineer best known for his work with artists such as U2, Peter Gabriel, and Kate Bush.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kevin Killen canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8785813 — 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: Kevin Killen Context triple: [So, engineer, Kevin Killen]
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A.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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B.
Donald Saddler
Donald Saddler was an American dancer and Tony Award–winning choreographer known for his work on numerous Broadway musicals and revivals.
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C.
Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
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D.
John Shinn
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
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E.
Kurt Gidley
Kurt Gidley is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer best known for his long and influential career as a versatile back and captain in the NRL and at representative level for New South Wales and Australia.
- 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: Kevin Killen Target entity description: Kevin Killen is a renowned recording and mixing engineer best known for his work with artists such as U2, Peter Gabriel, and Kate Bush.
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A.
Marc McClure
Marc McClure is an American actor best known for playing Jimmy Olsen in the Superman film series and Dave McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
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B.
Donald Saddler
Donald Saddler was an American dancer and Tony Award–winning choreographer known for his work on numerous Broadway musicals and revivals.
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C.
Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll is a central heroic character in the 1933 film "King Kong," serving as the ship's first mate and the primary human protagonist who helps rescue Ann Darrow from the giant ape.
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D.
John Shinn
John Shinn was the founder of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, one of the oldest natural history institutions in the United States.
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E.
Kurt Gidley
Kurt Gidley is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer best known for his long and influential career as a versatile back and captain in the NRL and at representative level for New South Wales and Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | recording engineer ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| award | Grammy Award ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Brian Eno
ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ Mitchell Froom ⓘ Tchad Blake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
audio engineering
ⓘ
music production ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
pop ⓘ rock ⓘ world music ⓘ |
| hasRole |
engineer
ⓘ
mixer ⓘ producer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovative mixing techniques
ⓘ
work with high-profile rock and pop artists ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableWorkWith |
Bon Jovi
ⓘ
David Bowie ⓘ Elvis Costello ⓘ Kate Bush ⓘ Peter Gabriel ⓘ Shakira ⓘ Suzanne Vega ⓘ Tori Amos ⓘ U2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
mixing engineer
ⓘ
recording engineer ⓘ |
| workedOnAlbum |
All That You Can’t Leave Behind
ⓘ
Graceland ⓘ Hounds of Love ⓘ How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ⓘ So ⓘ The Joshua Tree ⓘ The River in Reverse ⓘ The Sensual World ⓘ The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ Wrecking Ball ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kevin Killen Description of subject: Kevin Killen is a renowned recording and mixing engineer best known for his work with artists such as U2, Peter Gabriel, and Kate Bush.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.