Ice Box Man
E372904
"Ice Box Man" is a comedic track by American stand-up comedian and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his 1984 album *Playin' with Your Head*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ice Box Man canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3620879 — 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: Ice Box Man Context triple: [Playin' with Your Head, hasTrack, Ice Box Man]
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A.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Box
The Box is a 2009 psychological thriller film directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” in which a couple is offered a mysterious box that grants wealth at the cost of a stranger’s life.
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C.
Man in the Box
"Man in the Box" is a heavy, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains known for its distinctive vocal effects, dark lyrics, and status as one of the band's signature tracks.
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D.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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E.
The Christmas Box
The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
- 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: Ice Box Man Target entity description: "Ice Box Man" is a comedic track by American stand-up comedian and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his 1984 album *Playin' with Your Head*.
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A.
The Box
The Box is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spaceship and time machine from the British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Box
The Box is a 2009 psychological thriller film directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson’s short story “Button, Button,” in which a couple is offered a mysterious box that grants wealth at the cost of a stranger’s life.
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C.
Man in the Box
"Man in the Box" is a heavy, grunge-era song by Alice in Chains known for its distinctive vocal effects, dark lyrics, and status as one of the band's signature tracks.
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D.
The Man on the Box
The Man on the Box is a 1925 American silent comedy film, based on Harold MacGrath’s novel, about a mischievous young man who disguises himself as a servant to pursue a romantic interest.
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E.
The Christmas Box
The Christmas Box is a 1995 television film adaptation of Richard Paul Evans's bestselling holiday novella, known for its sentimental story about family, love, and the true meaning of Christmas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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comedy song ⓘ musical work ⓘ musician ⓘ person ⓘ song ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ |
| album | Playin' with Your Head ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Weird Al Yankovic
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surface form:
"Weird Al" Yankovic
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| genre |
comedy
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parody ⓘ |
| hasArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Ice Box Man self-link ⓘ |
| hasType | stand-up comedy track ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| partOf | discography of "Weird Al" Yankovic ⓘ |
| performer |
Weird Al Yankovic
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surface form:
"Weird Al" Yankovic
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| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| recordingArtist |
Weird Al Yankovic
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surface form:
"Weird Al" Yankovic
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| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
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: Ice Box Man Description of subject: "Ice Box Man" is a comedic track by American stand-up comedian and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic from his 1984 album *Playin' with Your Head*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.