Weird Science
E408243
Weird Science is a 1985 new wave song by American band Oingo Boingo, best known as the theme for the John Hughes film of the same name.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weird Science canonical | 10 |
| Weird Science (extended mix) | 1 |
| Weird Science (live) | 1 |
| Weird Science (music video) | 1 |
| “Weird science” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4047066 — 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: Weird Science Context triple: [Oingo Boingo, notableWork, Weird Science]
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A.
Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket is a 1996 indie crime-comedy film that marked Wes Anderson’s feature directorial debut and introduced his distinctive offbeat style.
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B.
Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall is a famous natural sea-arch rock formation along South Africa’s Wild Coast, known for its striking coastal scenery and cultural significance.
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C.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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D.
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a bizarre, supernatural lawn care service that reveals a gruesome and otherworldly secret.
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E.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 cult musical comedy horror film known for its campy style, rock soundtrack, and enduring midnight movie audience participation.
- 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: Weird Science Target entity description: Weird Science is a 1985 new wave song by American band Oingo Boingo, best known as the theme for the John Hughes film of the same name.
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A.
Bottle Rocket
Bottle Rocket is a 1996 indie crime-comedy film that marked Wes Anderson’s feature directorial debut and introduced his distinctive offbeat style.
-
B.
Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall is a famous natural sea-arch rock formation along South Africa’s Wild Coast, known for its striking coastal scenery and cultural significance.
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C.
The Brother from Another Planet
The Brother from Another Planet is a 1984 independent science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by John Sayles about a mute, black alien who crash-lands in Harlem and navigates life as an undocumented outsider.
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D.
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a bizarre, supernatural lawn care service that reveals a gruesome and otherworldly secret.
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E.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 cult musical comedy horror film known for its campy style, rock soundtrack, and enduring midnight movie audience participation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Oingo Boingo ⓘ |
| associatedWith | John Hughes ⓘ |
| basedOnPhrase |
Weird Science
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
“Weird science”
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| chartPerformance |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot 100
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| composer | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Just Another Day ⓘ |
| follows | Gratitude ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | new wave ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
closely associated with 1980s teen films
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recognized as a signature Oingo Boingo song ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion |
Weird Science
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Weird Science (live)
|
| hasMusicVideo |
Weird Science
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Weird Science (music video)
|
| hasRemixOrExtendedVersion |
Weird Science
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Weird Science (extended mix)
|
| hasTelevisionUsage | theme for TV series Weird Science (1994) ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum |
Dead Man's Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Dead Man’s Party
Weird Science – film score ⓘ
surface form:
Weird Science (soundtrack)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:47 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | John Hughes ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | Weird Science (film) ⓘ |
| peakChartPositionUS | 45 ⓘ |
| performer | Oingo Boingo ⓘ |
| producer | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| recordingArtistMember |
Dale Turner
ONNED1
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Danny Elfman ⓘ John Avila NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez ⓘ
surface form:
Johnny “Vatos” Hernandez
Leon Schneiderman ⓘ Richard Gibbs ⓘ Sam "Sluggo" Phillips ⓘ
surface form:
Sam “Sluggo” Phipps
Steve Bartek ⓘ |
| recordLabel | MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-06-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| themeFor | Weird Science (film) ⓘ |
| usedAs | film theme song ⓘ |
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: Weird Science Description of subject: Weird Science is a 1985 new wave song by American band Oingo Boingo, best known as the theme for the John Hughes film of the same name.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dead Man's Party (album)
subject surface form:
Dead Man's Party (album)
this entity surface form:
Weird Science (music video)
this entity surface form:
Weird Science (extended mix)
this entity surface form:
Weird Science (live)
this entity surface form:
“Weird science”