Washing Machine
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"Washing Machine" is a 1995 experimental rock album by Sonic Youth known for its lengthy, improvisational tracks and distinctive blend of noise rock and alternative guitar work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washing Machine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4273107 — 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: Washing Machine Context triple: [Sonic Youth, notableWork, Washing Machine]
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A.
Wash.
Wash. is the standard legal citation abbreviation used to refer to decisions of the Washington Supreme Court.
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B.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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C.
Laundry Service
"Laundry Service" is the breakthrough 2001 studio album by Colombian singer Shakira that marked her successful crossover into the English-language pop market.
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D.
Sony WM-2
The Sony WM-2 is an early, compact cassette Walkman model from the 1980s that helped popularize portable personal music listening.
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E.
Westinghouse H2C
The Westinghouse H2C is a type of electric multiple-unit coupler system used to connect and control New York City’s R46 subway cars.
- 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: Washing Machine Target entity description: "Washing Machine" is a 1995 experimental rock album by Sonic Youth known for its lengthy, improvisational tracks and distinctive blend of noise rock and alternative guitar work.
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A.
Wash.
Wash. is the standard legal citation abbreviation used to refer to decisions of the Washington Supreme Court.
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B.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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C.
Laundry Service
"Laundry Service" is the breakthrough 2001 studio album by Colombian singer Shakira that marked her successful crossover into the English-language pop market.
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D.
Sony WM-2
The Sony WM-2 is an early, compact cassette Walkman model from the 1980s that helped popularize portable personal music listening.
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E.
Westinghouse H2C
The Westinghouse H2C is a type of electric multiple-unit coupler system used to connect and control New York City’s R46 subway cars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental rock album
ⓘ
music album ⓘ rock album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Sonic Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ noise rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Washing Machine (Sonic Youth album) cover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Becuz
ⓘ
Junkie's Promise NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Trouble Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ No Queen Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Panty Lies NERFINISHED ⓘ Saucer-Like ⓘ Skip Tracer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Diamond Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Unwind NERFINISHED ⓘ Washing Machine (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | DGC-24825 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 68:12 ⓘ |
| mainPerformer |
Kim Gordon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lee Ranaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurston Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextWork | A Thousand Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
alternative guitar tunings
ⓘ
improvisational sections ⓘ lengthy tracks ⓘ noise rock guitar textures ⓘ |
| notableFor | extended closing track "The Diamond Sea" ⓘ |
| notableTrack | The Diamond Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sonic Youth discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Sonic Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousWork | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
John Agnello
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sonic Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1995 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
DGC Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-09-26 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
CD
ⓘ
cassette tape ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
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: Washing Machine Description of subject: "Washing Machine" is a 1995 experimental rock album by Sonic Youth known for its lengthy, improvisational tracks and distinctive blend of noise rock and alternative guitar work.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.