Ty Cobb
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Ty Cobb is a 1996 hard rock and punk-influenced song by Soundgarden, known for its frenetic energy and abrasive sound.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6102200 — 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: Ty Cobb Context triple: [Blow Up the Outside World, followedBy, Ty Cobb]
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A.
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb was a legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his exceptional hitting, aggressive base running, and long-standing records with the Detroit Tigers.
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Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby was a legendary Major League Baseball second baseman renowned for his extraordinary hitting ability and one of the highest career batting averages in history.
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C.
Mickey Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher and two-time American League MVP, renowned as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history.
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D.
Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs was a legendary English cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of the sport.
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E.
Jimmie Foxx
Jimmie Foxx was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball slugger, primarily a first baseman, renowned for his prodigious power hitting and three MVP awards during the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Ty Cobb Target entity description: Ty Cobb is a 1996 hard rock and punk-influenced song by Soundgarden, known for its frenetic energy and abrasive sound.
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A.
Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb was a legendary early 20th-century Major League Baseball outfielder renowned for his exceptional hitting, aggressive base running, and long-standing records with the Detroit Tigers.
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B.
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby was a legendary Major League Baseball second baseman renowned for his extraordinary hitting ability and one of the highest career batting averages in history.
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C.
Mickey Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher and two-time American League MVP, renowned as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history.
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D.
Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs was a legendary English cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of the sport.
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E.
Jimmie Foxx
Jimmie Foxx was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball slugger, primarily a first baseman, renowned for his prodigious power hitting and three MVP awards during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Down on the Upside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Ben Shepherd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| format |
7-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ |
| hasBassist | Ben Shepherd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBside | Rhinosaur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
abrasive sound
ⓘ
frenetic energy ⓘ |
| hasDrummer | Matt Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarist | Kim Thayil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
banjo
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Ty Cobb (live) ⓘ |
| hasMood |
aggressive
ⓘ
intense ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | punk-influenced ⓘ |
| hasVocalist | Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Soundgarden compilation setlists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ty Cobb (baseball player) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Down on the Upside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam Kasper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Soundgarden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | A&M Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseType | promotional single ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 8 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | aggressive vocals ⓘ |
| writer |
Ben Shepherd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Ty Cobb Description of subject: Ty Cobb is a 1996 hard rock and punk-influenced song by Soundgarden, known for its frenetic energy and abrasive sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Ty Cobb”