Mr. Bad Example
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Mr. Bad Example is a 1991 studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, known for its darkly humorous, narrative-driven rock songs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mr. Bad Example canonical | 3 |
| Mr. Bad Example (song) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358897 — 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: Mr. Bad Example Context triple: [Warren Zevon, album, Mr. Bad Example]
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A.
Mr. Bad Guy
Mr. Bad Guy is Freddie Mercury’s 1985 debut solo studio album, showcasing his distinctive vocals in a blend of pop, rock, and disco influences.
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B.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
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C.
It's Bad for Me
"It's Bad for Me" is a popular song by composer Cole Porter, notably recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her acclaimed Cole Porter songbook album.
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D.
Bad (album)
Bad is Michael Jackson’s 1987 studio album that continued his pop dominance with a harder-edged sound and multiple chart-topping singles.
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E.
Used to Be Bad
"Used to Be Bad" is a blues-influenced rock song by Paul McCartney and Steve Miller, featured on McCartney's 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
- 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: Mr. Bad Example Target entity description: Mr. Bad Example is a 1991 studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, known for its darkly humorous, narrative-driven rock songs.
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A.
Mr. Bad Guy
Mr. Bad Guy is Freddie Mercury’s 1985 debut solo studio album, showcasing his distinctive vocals in a blend of pop, rock, and disco influences.
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B.
It's Bad for Ya
"It's Bad for Ya" is a 2008 stand-up comedy special by George Carlin, known for its sharp social commentary and being his final HBO performance before his death.
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C.
It's Bad for Me
"It's Bad for Me" is a popular song by composer Cole Porter, notably recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her acclaimed Cole Porter songbook album.
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D.
Bad (album)
Bad is Michael Jackson’s 1987 studio album that continued his pop dominance with a harder-edged sound and multiple chart-topping singles.
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E.
Used to Be Bad
"Used to Be Bad" is a blues-influenced rock song by Paul McCartney and Steve Miller, featured on McCartney's 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live album
ⓘ
music album ⓘ studio album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| artist | Warren Zevon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| format |
CD
ⓘ
cassette tape ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
dark humor
ⓘ
narrative-driven lyrics ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American life
ⓘ
crime ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
Angel Dressed in Black
ⓘ
Finishing Touches ⓘ Let Nothing Come Between You ⓘ Looking for the Next Best Thing ⓘ
linked to:
Looking For The Next Best Thing
Model Citizen ⓘ Mr. Bad Example (song) ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Bad Example
Renegade ⓘ Searching for a Heart ⓘ Suzie Lightning ⓘ Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead ⓘ
linked to:
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
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| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 40 minutes ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio ⓘ |
| nextWork | Learning to Flinch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character-based songs
ⓘ
darkly humorous storytelling ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Mr. Bad Example (song)
ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Bad Example
Searching for a Heart ⓘ Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead ⓘ
linked to:
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
|
| partOf |
Warren Zevon discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Warren Zevon (discography)
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| performer | Warren Zevon ⓘ |
| previousWork | Transverse City ⓘ |
| producer |
Waddy Wachtel
ⓘ
Warren Zevon ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Giant Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1991 ⓘ |
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: Mr. Bad Example Description of subject: Mr. Bad Example is a 1991 studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, known for its darkly humorous, narrative-driven rock songs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mr. Bad Example
linked to: Mr. Bad Example