Rikk Agnew
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Rikk Agnew is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work in the Southern California punk scene, particularly with the band Christian Death and the Adolescents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rikk Agnew canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21992424 — 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: Rikk Agnew Context triple: [Social Distortion, formerMember, Rikk Agnew]
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A.
Reed Agnew
Reed Agnew is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the hybrid live-action/animated comedy series "Son of Zorn."
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B.
Dick Hunter
Dick Hunter is the impoverished yet ambitious New York City bootblack who serves as the plucky, self-improving protagonist of Horatio Alger Jr.’s novel "Ragged Dick."
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C.
David Hayes Agnew
David Hayes Agnew was a prominent 19th-century American surgeon and medical educator renowned for his contributions to surgical practice and teaching at the University of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Dan Roberts
Dan Roberts is a Canadian musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Crash Test Dummies.
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E.
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, known for his combative rhetoric and for resigning from office in 1973 amid a bribery and tax evasion scandal.
- 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: Rikk Agnew Target entity description: Rikk Agnew is an American guitarist and songwriter best known for his influential work in the Southern California punk scene, particularly with the band Christian Death and the Adolescents.
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A.
Reed Agnew
Reed Agnew is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the hybrid live-action/animated comedy series "Son of Zorn."
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B.
Dick Hunter
Dick Hunter is the impoverished yet ambitious New York City bootblack who serves as the plucky, self-improving protagonist of Horatio Alger Jr.’s novel "Ragged Dick."
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C.
David Hayes Agnew
David Hayes Agnew was a prominent 19th-century American surgeon and medical educator renowned for his contributions to surgical practice and teaching at the University of Pennsylvania.
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D.
Dan Roberts
Dan Roberts is a Canadian musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Crash Test Dummies.
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E.
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, known for his combative rhetoric and for resigning from office in 1973 amid a bribery and tax evasion scandal.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.