Robby Takac
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Robby Takac is an American bassist, vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robby Takac canonical | 17 |
| Robert Carl Takac Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10994273 — 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: Robby Takac Context triple: [Goo Goo Dolls, member, Robby Takac]
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A.
Michael Blaha
Michael Blaha is a computer scientist and software engineer known for his pioneering work in object-oriented modeling and database design, including co-developing the Object Modeling Technique (OMT).
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B.
John Sikela
John Sikela was a Golden Age comic book artist best known for his work on early Superman stories for DC Comics.
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C.
Bobby Krlic
Bobby Krlic, also known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, producer, and musician recognized for his dark, experimental sound design and acclaimed film and television scores.
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D.
Fred Tatasciore
Fred Tatasciore is an American voice actor known for his deep, powerful vocal performances in numerous animated series, films, and video games, often portraying larger-than-life or monstrous characters.
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E.
Tony Obrohta
Tony Obrohta is a musician best known as a member of the Chicago music scene.
- 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: Robby Takac Target entity description: Robby Takac is an American bassist, vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls.
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A.
Michael Blaha
Michael Blaha is a computer scientist and software engineer known for his pioneering work in object-oriented modeling and database design, including co-developing the Object Modeling Technique (OMT).
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B.
John Sikela
John Sikela was a Golden Age comic book artist best known for his work on early Superman stories for DC Comics.
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C.
Bobby Krlic
Bobby Krlic, also known by his stage name The Haxan Cloak, is a British composer, producer, and musician recognized for his dark, experimental sound design and acclaimed film and television scores.
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D.
Fred Tatasciore
Fred Tatasciore is an American voice actor known for his deep, powerful vocal performances in numerous animated series, films, and video games, often portraying larger-than-life or monstrous characters.
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E.
Tony Obrohta
Tony Obrohta is a musician best known as a member of the Chicago music scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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bassist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| basedIn | Buffalo, New York music scene ⓘ |
| birthName |
Robert Carl Takac Jr.
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linked to:
Robby Takac
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| coFounderOf | Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-09-30 ⓘ |
| familyName | Takac ⓘ |
| founded | Good Charamel Records ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Hungarian descent ⓘ |
| hasRoleInBand |
backing vocalist of Goo Goo Dolls
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bassist of Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ occasional lead vocalist of Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being bassist of Goo Goo Dolls
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co-founding Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ contributing vocals in Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| name | Robby Takac ⓘ |
| notableSongwriterFor | Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| notableWork | Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
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musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ vocalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Buffalo, New York, United States
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linked to:
Buffalo
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| playsGenreWithBand | alternative rock with Goo Goo Dolls ⓘ |
| recordLabelFounderOf | Good Charamel Records ⓘ |
| residence |
Buffalo, New York, United States
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linked to:
Buffalo
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| startTimeInBand | 1986 ⓘ |
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: Robby Takac Description of subject: Robby Takac is an American bassist, vocalist, and co-founder of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Robby Takac