Jello Biafra
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Jello Biafra is an American punk musician, spoken-word artist, and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jello Biafra canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5082169 — 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: Jello Biafra Context triple: [Winston Smith, collaboratedWith, Jello Biafra]
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A.
Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer is a South African–born American filmmaker best known for writing and directing gritty, character-driven crime dramas such as "The Cooler" and "Running Scared."
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B.
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart was the stage name of Don Van Vliet, an experimental American musician and bandleader known for his avant-garde rock, blues, and free-jazz–influenced work, especially with his Magic Band.
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C.
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell is an American singer, songwriter, and frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, best known as a pioneering figure in the 1990s alternative music scene.
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D.
Greg Graffin
Greg Graffin is an American singer, songwriter, and evolutionary biologist best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion.
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E.
Dave Krusen
Dave Krusen is an American rock drummer best known for playing on Pearl Jam’s debut album "Ten."
- 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: Jello Biafra Target entity description: Jello Biafra is an American punk musician, spoken-word artist, and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys.
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A.
Wayne Kramer
Wayne Kramer is a South African–born American filmmaker best known for writing and directing gritty, character-driven crime dramas such as "The Cooler" and "Running Scared."
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B.
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart was the stage name of Don Van Vliet, an experimental American musician and bandleader known for his avant-garde rock, blues, and free-jazz–influenced work, especially with his Magic Band.
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C.
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell is an American singer, songwriter, and frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, best known as a pioneering figure in the 1990s alternative music scene.
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D.
Greg Graffin
Greg Graffin is an American singer, songwriter, and evolutionary biologist best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the punk rock band Bad Religion.
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E.
Dave Krusen
Dave Krusen is an American rock drummer best known for playing on Pearl Jam’s debut album "Ten."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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musician ⓘ political activist ⓘ punk musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ spoken-word artist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
D.O.A.
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Dead Kennedys ⓘ Jello Biafra with the Guantanamo School of Medicine ⓘ Lard ⓘ Ministry ⓘ NoMeansNo ⓘ |
| birthName | Eric Reed Boucher ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Alternative Tentacles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-06-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | American of European descent ⓘ |
| genre |
hardcore punk
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punk rock ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| instrument | vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
politically charged lyrics
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satirical social commentary ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
music
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spoken word ⓘ |
| memberOf | Dead Kennedys ⓘ |
| movement | punk rock movement ⓘ |
| notableFor | former lead singer of Dead Kennedys ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dead Kennedys
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Jello Biafra with the Guantanamo School of Medicine ⓘ spoken-word albums ⓘ |
| occupation |
musician
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political activist ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ spoken-word artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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linked to:
Boulder, Colorado
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| politicalActivity |
criticism of U.S. foreign policy
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criticism of corporate power ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | left-wing ⓘ |
| recordLabelFounded | Alternative Tentacles ⓘ |
| residence | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| stageName | Jello Biafra ⓘ |
| vocalRole | lead vocalist of Dead Kennedys ⓘ |
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: Jello Biafra Description of subject: Jello Biafra is an American punk musician, spoken-word artist, and political activist best known as the former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
documentary film "Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune"
subject linked to:
Dead Kennedys album cover "In God We Trust, Inc."
subject linked to:
Dead Kennedys album cover "Frankenchrist"