Ben Weasel
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Ben Weasel is an American punk rock musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the influential pop-punk band Screeching Weasel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Weasel canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5069688 — 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: Ben Weasel Context triple: [Crimpshrine, member, Ben Weasel]
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A.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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B.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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C.
Dale Crover
Dale Crover is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the Melvins and his early, influential recordings and performances with Nirvana.
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D.
Tommy Bangs
Tommy Bangs is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," appearing as one of the next-generation children connected to the original March family from "Little Women."
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E.
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale is a British musician best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Bush.
- 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: Ben Weasel Target entity description: Ben Weasel is an American punk rock musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the influential pop-punk band Screeching Weasel.
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A.
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock is an English bassist and songwriter best known as a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Sex Pistols.
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B.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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C.
Dale Crover
Dale Crover is an American drummer best known for his long tenure with the Melvins and his early, influential recordings and performances with Nirvana.
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D.
Tommy Bangs
Tommy Bangs is a fictional character from Louisa May Alcott’s novel "Jo’s Boys," appearing as one of the next-generation children connected to the original March family from "Little Women."
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E.
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale is a British musician best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Bush.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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punk rock musician ⓘ radio host ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | punk rock scene in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Screeching Weasel
ⓘ
The Riverdales ⓘ |
| birthName | Benjamin Foster ⓘ |
| coFounded | Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
pop punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| genreOfBand |
Screeching Weasel is a pop-punk band
ⓘ
linked to:
Screeching Weasel
|
| hasCollaboratedWith | various members of Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| hasControversy | involved in public disputes and incidents at shows ⓘ |
| hasDiscographyEntry |
albums with The Riverdales
ⓘ
multiple studio albums with Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| hasFanbase | international punk rock audience ⓘ |
| hasHosted | radio or podcast-style shows about punk rock ⓘ |
| hasPublished | at least one book ⓘ |
| hasRole | band leader of Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| hasSideProjects | other punk-related musical projects ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
columns and essays about punk rock
ⓘ
many Screeching Weasel songs ⓘ |
| influenced | later pop-punk bands ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classic punk bands such as the Ramones ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | pop punk ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acerbic and confrontational lyrics
ⓘ
being frontman of Screeching Weasel ⓘ fast, melodic pop-punk songwriting ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| movement | underground punk rock ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Punk is a Four Letter Word (writing/columns, often associated with him)
ⓘ
Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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musician ⓘ radio host ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionInBand |
lead vocalist of Screeching Weasel
ⓘ
primary songwriter of Screeching Weasel ⓘ |
| residence | United States (various locations over career) ⓘ |
| stageName | Ben Weasel ⓘ |
| startPeriod | active in music since the 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: Ben Weasel Description of subject: Ben Weasel is an American punk rock musician best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the influential pop-punk band Screeching Weasel.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.