Nice Guys Finish Last
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"Nice Guys Finish Last" is a punk rock song by Green Day, best known as one of the singles from their 1997 album *Nimrod*.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nice Guys Finish Last canonical | 2 |
| Nice guys finish last | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1093153 — 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: Nice Guys Finish Last Context triple: [Nimrod, hasPart, Nice Guys Finish Last]
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A.
The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys is a 2016 neo-noir action-comedy film directed by Shane Black, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as mismatched private investigators in 1970s Los Angeles.
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B.
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers is a 1966 experimental novel by Leonard Cohen, known for its avant-garde style, eroticism, and exploration of religion, politics, and identity in Canadian culture.
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C.
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe is a 1943 World War II romantic fantasy film about a deceased pilot who returns as a guardian spirit to mentor a younger aviator while struggling with his lingering love for his former girlfriend.
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D.
The B Team
The B Team is a global nonprofit initiative that brings together business and civil society leaders to promote responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business practices worldwide.
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E.
Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 comedy-drama film, later adapted into a stage musical, in which Billy Crystal portrays an aging Borscht Belt comedian reflecting on his fading career and fractured relationships.
- 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: Nice Guys Finish Last Target entity description: "Nice Guys Finish Last" is a punk rock song by Green Day, best known as one of the singles from their 1997 album *Nimrod*.
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A.
The Nice Guys
The Nice Guys is a 2016 neo-noir action-comedy film directed by Shane Black, starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as mismatched private investigators in 1970s Los Angeles.
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B.
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers is a 1966 experimental novel by Leonard Cohen, known for its avant-garde style, eroticism, and exploration of religion, politics, and identity in Canadian culture.
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C.
A Guy Named Joe
A Guy Named Joe is a 1943 World War II romantic fantasy film about a deceased pilot who returns as a guardian spirit to mentor a younger aviator while struggling with his lingering love for his former girlfriend.
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D.
The B Team
The B Team is a global nonprofit initiative that brings together business and civil society leaders to promote responsible, sustainable, and inclusive business practices worldwide.
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E.
Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night is a 1992 comedy-drama film, later adapted into a stage musical, in which Billy Crystal portrays an aging Borscht Belt comedian reflecting on his fading career and fractured relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Nimrod ⓘ |
| artist | Green Day ⓘ |
| composer | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuredIn |
NHL 2002
ⓘ
Varsity Blues ⓘ |
| followedBySingle |
Minority (song)
ⓘ
surface form:
Minority
|
| genre |
pop punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
Nice Guys Finish Last
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nice guys finish last
|
| hasMusicVideo | Yes ⓘ |
| includedOn |
Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band
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International Superhits! ⓘ |
| label | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:49 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Evan Bernard ⓘ |
| notableFor |
opening track of Green Day album Nimrod
ⓘ
sports-themed music video parodying American football culture ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | Nimrod ⓘ |
| partOf | Nimrod ⓘ |
| performer | Green Day ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Redundant ⓘ |
| producer |
Green Day
ⓘ
Rob Cavallo ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1997 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseDate | 1999 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 1 ⓘ |
| writer | Billie Joe Armstrong ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nice Guys Finish Last Description of subject: "Nice Guys Finish Last" is a punk rock song by Green Day, best known as one of the singles from their 1997 album *Nimrod*.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nice guys finish last