Garbage (band)
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Garbage is an alternative rock band formed in the mid-1990s, known for its fusion of rock, electronic, and pop elements and hits like "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Garbage | 8 |
| Garbage (band) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21004353 — 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: Garbage (band) Context triple: [Bryan David Vig, notableWork, Garbage (band)]
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Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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Gang of Four
Gang of Four is an English post-punk band known for its politically charged lyrics, jagged guitar sound, and influential fusion of punk, funk, and dance rhythms.
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Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
- 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: Garbage (band) Target entity description: Garbage is an alternative rock band formed in the mid-1990s, known for its fusion of rock, electronic, and pop elements and hits like "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains."
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A.
Rancid
Rancid is an American punk rock band known for reviving and popularizing ska-influenced street punk in the 1990s.
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B.
Gang of Four
The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.
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C.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four is the influential group of four software engineers who authored the seminal book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software," which popularized design patterns in software engineering.
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D.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four was the collective name given to the four senior Labour politicians who broke away to found the UK Social Democratic Party in 1981.
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E.
Gang of Four
Gang of Four is an English post-punk band known for its politically charged lyrics, jagged guitar sound, and influential fusion of punk, funk, and dance rhythms.
- F. None of above. chosen
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