Johnny on the Monorail
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"Johnny on the Monorail" is a synth-pop/new wave song by The Buggles, featured on their 1980 debut album *The Age of Plastic*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johnny on the Monorail canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9906126 — 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: Johnny on the Monorail Context triple: [The Age of Plastic, hasPart, Johnny on the Monorail]
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A.
Johnny 99
"Johnny 99" is a Bruce Springsteen song from his 1982 album *Nebraska* that tells a stark, narrative tale of economic hardship and crime.
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B.
Smilin'
"Smilin'" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gideon, known for its upbeat tone and emotive, melodic pop style.
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C.
Here’s Johnny!
"Here’s Johnny!" is the iconic catchphrase shouted by Jack Nicholson’s character as he breaks through a bathroom door in one of the most famous scenes in the horror film *The Shining* (1980).
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D.
Little Man
"Little Man" is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Gary Owen, showcasing his energetic storytelling and observational humor.
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E.
Little Man
Little Man is a 2006 American comedy film starring Marlon Wayans as a diminutive criminal who poses as a baby to retrieve a stolen diamond.
- 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: Johnny on the Monorail Target entity description: "Johnny on the Monorail" is a synth-pop/new wave song by The Buggles, featured on their 1980 debut album *The Age of Plastic*.
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A.
Johnny 99
"Johnny 99" is a Bruce Springsteen song from his 1982 album *Nebraska* that tells a stark, narrative tale of economic hardship and crime.
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B.
Smilin'
"Smilin'" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gideon, known for its upbeat tone and emotive, melodic pop style.
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C.
Here’s Johnny!
"Here’s Johnny!" is the iconic catchphrase shouted by Jack Nicholson’s character as he breaks through a bathroom door in one of the most famous scenes in the horror film *The Shining* (1980).
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D.
Little Man
"Little Man" is a stand-up comedy special by American comedian Gary Owen, showcasing his energetic storytelling and observational humor.
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E.
Little Man
Little Man is a 2006 American comedy film starring Marlon Wayans as a diminutive criminal who poses as a baby to retrieve a stolen diamond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| album | The Age of Plastic ⓘ |
| artist | The Buggles ⓘ |
| composer |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
electronic music
ⓘ
pop music ⓘ |
| hasType | album track ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | The Age of Plastic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ |
| medium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| musicalArtist | The Buggles ⓘ |
| partOf | The Age of Plastic ⓘ |
| performer | The Buggles ⓘ |
| performerMemberOf | The Buggles ⓘ |
| performerType | band ⓘ |
| producer | The Buggles ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1980 ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | The Buggles ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Island Records ⓘ |
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: Johnny on the Monorail Description of subject: "Johnny on the Monorail" is a synth-pop/new wave song by The Buggles, featured on their 1980 debut album *The Age of Plastic*.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.