Michael Penn
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Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Penn canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1108283 — 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: Michael Penn Context triple: [Sunshine Cleaning, musicBy, Michael Penn]
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A.
Jody Allen
Jody Allen is an American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founder of Vulcan Inc. and sister of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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B.
Dwight Fairfield
Dwight Fairfield is a nervous, teamwork-focused survivor character from the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight.
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C.
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his blend of rock, country, and pop, and for hits like "Follow Me" and "Drift Away."
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D.
David Mullins
David Mullins is an American man who, along with his partner Charlie Craig, was a complainant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission involving LGBTQ+ rights and religious freedom.
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E.
Craig Bierko
Craig Bierko is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing charismatic or villainous roles.
- 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: Michael Penn Target entity description: Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
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A.
Jody Allen
Jody Allen is an American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founder of Vulcan Inc. and sister of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
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B.
Dwight Fairfield
Dwight Fairfield is a nervous, teamwork-focused survivor character from the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight.
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C.
Uncle Kracker
Uncle Kracker is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for his blend of rock, country, and pop, and for hits like "Follow Me" and "Drift Away."
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D.
David Mullins
David Mullins is an American man who, along with his partner Charlie Craig, was a complainant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission involving LGBTQ+ rights and religious freedom.
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E.
Craig Bierko
Craig Bierko is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing charismatic or villainous roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ human ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film industry
ⓘ
music industry ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Penn ⓘ |
| father | Leo Penn ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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pop rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasRole |
guitarist
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vocalist ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Eileen Ryan ⓘ |
| name | Michael Penn self-link ⓘ |
| notableAward |
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
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surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video
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| notableFor |
1989 hit single "No Myth"
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composing film scores ⓘ |
| notableSingle | No Myth ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Brave New World
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Long Way Down ⓘ
surface form:
Long Way Down (Look What the Cat Drug In)
No Myth ⓘ This and That ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Boogie Nights
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surface form:
Boogie Nights (score)
Free-for-All ⓘ Girls (TV series score) ⓘ Hard Eight ⓘ
surface form:
Hard Eight (score)
MP4 (Days Since a Lost Time Accident) ⓘ March ⓘ Masters of Sex ⓘ
surface form:
Masters of Sex (score)
Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 ⓘ No Myth ⓘ Palms and Runes, Tarot and Tea ⓘ Resigned ⓘ The Last Kiss ⓘ
surface form:
The Last Kiss (score)
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| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Chris Penn
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Sean Penn ⓘ |
| spouse | Aimee Mann ⓘ |
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: Michael Penn Description of subject: Michael Penn is an American singer-songwriter and composer known for his work on film scores and his 1989 hit single "No Myth."
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Girls