Smash
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Smash is a 1994 punk rock album by The Offspring that became a breakthrough commercial success and a defining record of 1990s punk.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5144867 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Smash Context triple: [The Offspring, notableWork, Smash]
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A.
Smash
Smash is an American musical drama television series that follows the creation of a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe, featuring Jennifer Hudson in a prominent role.
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B.
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. is a popular crossover fighting game series by Nintendo that features characters from various franchises battling on dynamic stages with unique items and mechanics.
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C.
The Game
The Game is an American rapper from Compton, California, known for his role in revitalizing West Coast hip hop in the mid-2000s and his association with Dr. Dre and G-Unit.
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D.
The Game
The Game is a highly acclaimed memoir by former NHL goaltender Ken Dryden that offers an insightful, introspective look at professional hockey and life in the sport.
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E.
The Game
The Game is an American comedy-drama television series that follows the personal and professional lives of football players and their significant others, and is known for featuring singer-actress Brandy Norwood in a prominent role.
- 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: Smash Target entity description: Smash is a 1994 punk rock album by The Offspring that became a breakthrough commercial success and a defining record of 1990s punk.
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A.
Smash
Smash is an American musical drama television series that follows the creation of a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe, featuring Jennifer Hudson in a prominent role.
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B.
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. is a popular crossover fighting game series by Nintendo that features characters from various franchises battling on dynamic stages with unique items and mechanics.
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C.
The Game
The Game is an American rapper from Compton, California, known for his role in revitalizing West Coast hip hop in the mid-2000s and his association with Dr. Dre and G-Unit.
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D.
The Game
The Game is an American comedy-drama television series that follows the personal and professional lives of football players and their significant others, and is known for featuring singer-actress Brandy Norwood in a prominent role.
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E.
The Game
The Game is a highly acclaimed memoir by former NHL goaltender Ken Dryden that offers an insightful, introspective look at professional hockey and life in the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | studio album ⓘ |
| approximateWorldwideSales | over 11 million copies ⓘ |
| artist | The Offspring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Epitaph Records punk roster ⓘ |
| associatedTour | Smash tour ⓘ |
| bandMemberOnRecording |
Dexter Holland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greg K. NERFINISHED ⓘ Noodles NERFINISHED ⓘ Ron Welty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSellingStatus | one of the best-selling independent label albums of all time ⓘ |
| chronology | The Offspring studio albums ⓘ |
| closingTrack | Smash ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtFeatures | stylized skeleton head on black background ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| era | 1990s punk revival ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ixnay on the Hombre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Ignition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
pop punk
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ skate punk ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | mainstream acceptance of punk rock in the mid-1990s ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Come Out and Play
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gotta Get Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Self Esteem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelFounderAssociated | Brett Gurewitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 46:47 ⓘ |
| mainSongwriter | Dexter Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
breakthrough commercial success for The Offspring
ⓘ
helping popularize 1990s punk rock ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 14 ⓘ |
| openingTrack | Time to Relax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Offspring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Thom Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 1993 ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Crystal Sound, Hollywood, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eldorado Studios, Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ The Music Grinder, Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Track Record, North Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Epitaph Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1994-04-08 ⓘ |
| salesCertification | multi-platinum ⓘ |
| singleFromAlbum |
Come Out and Play
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gotta Get Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Self Esteem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Smash Description of subject: Smash is a 1994 punk rock album by The Offspring that became a breakthrough commercial success and a defining record of 1990s punk.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Smash!